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

243 Silver Agricultural medals, Meath and Louth. (4) Drogheda, Meath and Louth Farming Society silver gilt to William Filgate for The Best Bull, 1843, and same design in silver, unnamed, and Meath Farming Society to Alexander Montgomery for The Best Boar, 1851, all 50mm. Also a bronze Kells Union Farming Society by Parkes, unnamed and Oldcastle Agricultural & Industrial Society 1906, copper, 40mm. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine. Estimate €120-€180 (approx £100-£160) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 243 244 Silver Agricultural medals, Co. Louth (5) Royal Agriculrural Improvement Society of Ireland by Lizars and Ingram to John Henry of Ricarstown Castle, 1848 for ‘The Best Cultivated Root Crop in the Louth Farming Society, by Parkes, 45mm, to John Henry for the Best Pen of Five Ewes, and same type to Colonel Fortesque, Stephenstown, for the Best Thoroughbred Bull, 1868 and 50mm 1869, and 1849 to William Filgate for The Best Ram Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine, 1848 with slight rim knock. Estimate €200-€250 (approx £170-£220) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 244 THE HISTORY SALE · 1-11 NOVEMBER 2023 The Tom Ryan Collection of Medals 141