WHYTE'S THE HISTORY SALE TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023

233 1852-1886 Irish silver medals for engineering. Minerva seated MERIT HAS ITS REWARD, reverse PRESENTED TO Nathaniel Vicary AGED 13 YEARS BY THE Wexford Mechanics Institute For Superior Answering in Electricity & Calvanism, 14th Jan 1852, 40mm; bust right MULLINS, reverse INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OF IRELAND To Wm. R Maguire, Associate...3 March 1886, 36mm. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 233 234 1880. Board of Intermediate Education gold medal byWyon. Awarded to Arthur Conan First in Modern Languages, 15ct gold, 30mm, 26.8g. Provenance: With Hedley Betts, 1979; Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine, slight bump at 8 o’clock. See Fraser Medallists of Ireland and Their Work, page 326. Estimate €600-€800 (approx £520-£690) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 234 The Tom Ryan Collection of Medals 136