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

241 Silver Agricultural medals, North Dublin and Fingal. (5) Fingal Farming Society 50mm by Jones to Thomas Butler, Priestown House, Clones for Best Sow & Litter, and to John Jameson for Best Cow, both 1861, 50mm, North Dublin & Fingal Farming Society 45mm by Parkes to Thomas Butler, q.v., for Best Breeding Sow Black Breed, 1861, and to George Cappage, Oldtown, for Best Shearling Short Wooled Ram, and 40mm same type to Thomas Butler for ‘the second best short wooled Runt’, 1863. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine. Estimate €200-€250 (approx £170-£220) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 241 242 Agricultural medals, silver (3) and bronze (1), Co. Kildare. Naas Union Agricultural Society by Woodhouse, September 1846, 40mm to The Marquis of Downshire for Best Two Shear Ram, and same to William Owen for Best Breeding Sow, also unknown event, 42mm to B.H. Barton D.L., 1st Prize, Class III with ‘Straffan Ideal’, hallmarked Birmingham 1941 for Jewellery & Metal Manufacturing, Dublin, all silver, also bronze North Kildare Farming Society 1909 to B.H. Barton D.L.. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 242 The Tom Ryan Collection of Medals 140