139 Georg Friedrich Handel
(1685-1759), The Sacred Harmonic Society, the 50
th
and last season of Handel Concerts,
an important Presentation Medal, named to Sir Michael [Andrew Angus] Costa (1808-1884), the Conductor,
Silver Medal, 1882, by John Pinches, the Handel statue, rev musical emblems within wreath, named on edge,
51mm (Ni 802; BHM 3137, recorded only in copper). Extremely fine and excessively rare.
£150-200
Costa was an Italian conductor and composer, born in Naples. He settled in London in 1830, became a naturalized Englishman and
received a knighthood in 1869. He was conductor of the Philharmonic Society from 1846 to 1854, of the Sacred Harmonic Society from
1848, and of the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival from 1849. He conducted at the Bradford (1853) and Handel Festivals (1857-1880),
as also the Leeds Festivals (1874-1880). The last season of the Handel Concerts was held at the St James’s Hall, Regent Street. The Handel
statue, which is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is by Louis François Roubiliac, and dated 1738.
140 Georg Friedrich Handel
(1685-1759), small Silver and Copper Memorial Medals, by C Voigt for Loos, bare
head left, 28mm (Ni 808); Series Numismatica, Copper Medal, 1823, by Wolff, 41mm (Ni 811), another, White
Metal, signed Smith, 42mm (Ni 803); small Bronze Plaquette, by Mayer and Wilhelm, 50mm x 38mm (Ni 798);
others (3), by Kuse, Bronze, 42mm, by Lauer (3), Silvered-bronze, 50mm and 27mm, Bronze, 27mm (Ni 791,
793, 794); William Henry West Betty, “The Young Roscius” (1791-1874), Shakespearian actor, Copper Medal,
1804, by T Webb, 42mm (BHM 558). Extremely fine or nearly so. (10)
£80-100
141 Georg Friedrich Handel
(1685-1759), 250
th
Anniversary of his Birth, Bronze Medals (2), 1935, by Karl Goetz,
bust left, rev Christ, his arms raised, stands before loft of organ pipes, 91mm and 36mm (Ni 787; Kienast 502).
Extremely fine
. (2)
£150-200
142 Georg Friedrich Handel
(1685-1759), the series of Handel Tokens, with bust or head of Handel, from the
series of Kempson’s buildings in Coventry (12), Bablake Hospital, Cathedral, Cook Street, Coventry Cross,
Free School, St John’s Church, St Mary Hall, Mill Lane Gate, Spon Gate, Trinity Church, White Friars Gate,
White Friars (Ni 818, 820-822, 826, 830-836 ); “Not Local” issues Ni 837-38 (3), “…Decay’d Widows …”, Ni 840
(2), “Dodd’s Cheap Shop”, varieties. Mostly extremely fine or nearly so. (17)
£150-200
143 Johann Baptist Cramer
(1771-1858), pianist, music publisher and piano maker, Copper Medal, 1845, by Benjamin
Wyon, head left, rev muse of music, names around, etc, 58mm (Ni 525; BHM 2205). Extremely fine.
£40-60
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144 [Sir] Edward William Elgar
(1857-1934), Silvered-bronze Portrait Plaquette, 1907, by Percival M Hedley, bust
left, 92mm x 65mm (NI 593), with companion small Bronze Medal, 1904, 23.5mm (Ni 592b). Much as made,
extremely fine
. (2)
£70-90
145
Percival M Hedley, a group of Portrait Plaquettes of Musicians, Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915), Austrian
pianist and legendary piano teacher, Silvered, 1902, bust right, 96mm x 105mm; Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
(1835-1921), French composer and pianist, 1893, facing bust, 115mm x 77mm; Eugen Francis Charles d’Albert
(1864-1932), pianist and composer, 1904, d’Albert seated at piano, playing, 240mm x 120mm (Ni 13); Mikhail
Saulovich ‘Mischa’ Elman
(1891-1967), Ukrainian-born violinist, 1908, head right, playing, 95mm x 105mm
(Ni 594). Much as made, very fine and better. (5)
£150-200
The Percival Hedlay plaquettes are sold here for continuity with the plaquette of Elgar in the previous lot. Two share a curious ‘inverted’
design in that the image ‘hangs’ with a curved base and a ‘base-line’ top. D’Albert considered himself German although born in Glasgow
to an English mother and a French Italian father. He was five times married. The rarity of Percival Hedley’s works has led to him being
very much underestimated as a medallist.
HUNGARY
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146 Franz Liszt
(1811-1886), massive Bronze Medal, 1840, by Antoine Bovy, bare head right, in high relief and
struck on a slightly concave flan, rev legend date of birth, etc, 107mm (Ni 1105), very fine and with a number
of small knocks and bruises, very rare
; together with a uniface striking in Bronze of the obverse, 108mm, small
piercing at top (Ni 1104), good very fine. (2)
£150-200
147 Franz Liszt
(1811-1886), large circular uniface Bronze Plaquette, by J Maihöfer, bust right, name in field,
194mm (Ni 1144); another, Berlin Iron, mark of Eisengiesserie Gleiwitz, unsigned, similar bust, 114mm,
suspension loop (Ni 1197); rectangular Bronze Plaque, similar central medallion, olive leaves above, name
and dates below right, 189mm x 136mm (Ni 1196). Good very fine. (3)
£80-120
148 Franz Liszt
(1811-1886), octagonal uniface Bronze Medal, by J Wysocki, large head to left, name in top left
angle, 105mm x 100mm (Ni 1193); small plaquette, Art-Deco in style, unsigned, head left, rev naked violinist
by fountain,
MVSICA INFINITA
, 64mm x 60mm, edge stamped “C Poellatn” and “Schrobenn” (Ni -); Bronze
Medal, by E Torff, 60mm. First two much as made, extremely fine. (3)
£80-100
149 Franz Liszt
(1811-1886), uniface Bronze Medal [1912], by F Stiasny, bust left, 88mm (Ni 1173), a well sculpted
bust, extremely fine
; Centenary 1911, uniface plaquette, by L Beran, bust left within oval, 80mm x 49mm (Ni
1099); 50
th
Anniversary of the Hungarian Academy of Music, Bronze Medal, 1925, by Fülüp O Beck, conjoined
busts of Liszt and Gyula Erkel and Géza von Michalovic, rev Apollo plays to animals, 75mm; smaller Medals
(7) (including Ni 1140, 1141, 1158, 1192); Hungary, 2-Pengo coins, 1936 (2) (Ni 1100). Extremely fine or nearly
so
. (11)
£80-120
150 Franz Liszt
(1811-1886), Silver Plaquette, Mayer & Wilhelm, 51mm x 39mm, and uniface Bronze variety (Ni
1146, 1145); other Bronze Plaquettes (3), by Jenö Mester, 53mm x 43mm (Ni 1152); by R Neuberger, 60.5mm x
53mm (Ni 1154); by F Stiasny, 1912, bust left, in high relief, 67mm x 55mm (Ni 1174). Extremely fine, the last a
highly sculptural piece
. (5)
£80-120
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