Silver & Collectors' Items - 21st & 22nd October - 21st October 2014
Lot 475
The Retirement of Montagu Rendall (1862-1950)
Estimate £40 - £60 | Hammer £30
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Description
The Retirement of Montagu Rendall (1862-1950), Headmaster of Winchester College, bronze medal, 1924, by Frank Bowcher after R.M.Gleadowe, Royal Mint, bust left, rev., aerial view of college, 64mm (BHM 4186; Eimer 1996), 442 specimens struck; Dr. Karl Pearson (1857-1936), bronze plaquette, 1933, by Frank Bowcher, bust three-quarters left within 'frame', 76 x 55.5mm, both very fine but obverse of second spotted, and a Gymnastics silver cross for the South Belgravia Preparatory School, 36mm, 1910-1912, both in cases of issue. Extremely fine or nearly so. (3)
Provenance: The Old Rectory, Little Langford, Wiltshire. Sold by order of Trustees of the Estate of the late Miss S.F. Rooke.