Aust. Historical Medals
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Lot 564 SESSION 3 (2.30PM TUESDAY 19TH NOV) Aust. Historical Medals
Estimate $100
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SOLD $200
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, undated (1874), Practice with Science, in bronze (89mm), by Hardy Brothers London & Sydney, inscribed on reverse, 'Barrett & Co./Aerated Waters/and process of Manufacture/(CLASS) 476/1874'; Sydney International Exhibition, 1879, in bronze (76mm) by J.S. & A.B.Wyon, no stop after CCC in date, unnamed; Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880, in bronze (76mm), by H.Stokes, edge impressed, 'Mrs H.D.Gant, Melbourne - Hair Work.'. The first cleaned of oxidation, good, the second with edge nicks and bumps and surface marks, otherwise good fine, the last with many edge nicks and bumps and surface marks, otherwise fine. (3)
Barrett & Co, was an English firm with an aerated water works set up in extensive premises nearly opposite the Exhibition Building at Redfern, Sydney, NSW and was awarded a medal in Section 7, Class 476 - fermented drinks and aerated waters.
Mrs H.D.Gant was an Artist in Hair, operating from premises in Toorak Road, South Yarra, Victoria.
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