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

249 Silver Agricultural medals, Co. Laois. (5) Portarlington & Mountmellick Agricultural Society by Parkes, 50mm, to EdwardWilmot Chetwode of Woodbrook for RedWheat, 16 October1846 and Best Bull, 15 October 1846; to Henry Sanders of Woodfield for The Best Pen of 3 Ewes, 16 October 1845. Also Royal Agricultural Improvement Society of Ireland/Upper Ossory Farming Society 45mm by Jones to William Owen, ‘ for Best Breeding Ewes, Blesinton’, 15 October 1846, and Upper Ossory Farming Society to William Owen for the Second Best Pen of 5 Shearling Ewes, 1854. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine, one with rim knock. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 249 250 Agricultural medals, Co. Kilkenny. (4) Inistioge & Thomastown Farming Society by Parkes copper to R.E. Langrishe, Ballyduff, for Second Best Yearling Heifer, undated, and silver medal by Jones, 1856, to Robert Langrishe for Best Yearling Heifer, Kilkenny Cattle Show 1848 silver to William Crosshill, Beverley, for best Clod Crusher, also Farming Society of Ireland silver, to Rev. Dr. Butler ‘For The Finest Merino Rams Fleece at The Wool-Sale,’ 1812, mostly 45mm. Provenance: Tom Ryan Collection. Condition: Very fine, 1812 with rim knock and mounting marks to rim at 12 o’clock. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 250 The Tom Ryan Collection of Medals 144