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Miscellaneous Tokens and Medals
frame at center. BARBER and MORGAN signatures in the
exergue. Two female allegorical figures are seated on the top
horizontal line of the frame to either side of a U.S. shield. Below
is an early engine, the ROCKET 1829. Around the border of the
reverse is the legend: NATIONAL EXPOSITION OF RAILWAY
APPLIANCES CHICAGO 1883. Within a central wreath is
inscribed: AWARDED TO/ (engraved) J. G. WILSON/ FOR/
(engraved) BEST/ CAR WINDOW BLINDS.
This medal is unlisted by Julian. If indeed it was not struck at the
U.S. Mint, it represents an unusual combination of the talents of
these two Mint engravers for a non-Mint medal. (G)
385.
NAMED NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND
SURGEONS HARSEN AWARD MEDAL, 1891.
Storer
1471. 91mm. Copper Electrotype. Charles Muller, Sc. XF
with a very visible edge dent on the obverse at 8:00. The edge
is engraved in an ornate script at 6:00: LE GRAND ALLEN
WALKER/ THIRD PRIZE. There is some old corrosion at the
seam on the edge in the area of the inscription. Obverse with a
bust to the left of Dr. Jacob Harsen. HARSEN MEDAL above
and the date 1859 below the truncation of the bust. On the
reverse a physician is shown conducting bedside rounds in a
composition, apparently based upon a photographic image,
which leaves little doubt as to the proper relationship between
Lot 385 (reduced)
preceptor, junior colleagues and patient in a charity ward on the
eve of the Civil War. Inscribed in the exergue is: COLLEGE
OF PHYSICIANS/ AND SURGEONS./ NEW-YORK.
Dr. Walker graduated from medical school in 1891. His third
placed prize was for “Proficiency at Examination.” This is the
first awarded specimen we have offered. We have previously sold
unawarded used examples for $356.00 and $488.00 respectively.
386.
PORTRAIT RELIEF OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON,
1892.
7” Cast Bronze. Ralph Bartlett Goddard, Sc. Sc. Uniface.
Integral loop & ring for suspension. Choice About Uncirculated
with an attractive deep brown patina. This attractive plaque
features a very high relief bust to half right, EMERSON
incused at top. Incused at bottom left is COPYRIGHT BY/ R.B.
GODDARD, SC. 1892. Inscribed on the truncation of the bust
is: CAST BY THE HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO./ N.Y.
1892
Ralph Bartlett Goddard was a well-known sculptor whose is
notable for bas-relief portraits cast in bronze of prominent men,
including a series of 12 foremost authors and poets of modern
English literature. From this group we have identified Nathaniel
Hawthorne; Charles Dickens; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
John Greenleaf Whittier, Phillips Brooks; Carlyle; Charles
Parkhurst and Alfred Lord Tennyson as well as Emerson. (G)
387.
DUVAL
JANVIER MEDAL BY CHARPENTIER, CA.
1892.
52.8 x 60mm. Octagonal. Bronze. Alexandre Charpentier,
Sc. Struck by the Janvier firm with their triangular edge mark
on the rim and marked bronze. XF/AU with a few dark spots on
the reverse, as shown. the obverse features a workman, nude
from the waist up, turning the fly wing of a coining press.
The artist’s small AC monogram is in the left field, and the
Duval Janvier logo in the right field. The reverse is inscribed
with incused lettering: REDUCTION/ ET/ FRAPPE/ DE/
MEDAILLES/ 22 RUE DE MONTMORENCY PARIS. Three
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