Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and Medalsis a portrait of a long haired gentleman with a neat mustache facingright in a plain field with beveled edges. Signed on the truncationof the bust, “S ELLIS.” The identity of the subject is unknown andthe existence of this portrait has not been recorded by any of theresearchers who have cataloged Ellis’ work. The closest we cancome to a possible identification of Ellis’s subject is his fellowmedalist, Charles Stubenrauch, who worked in NYC, 1853-1858,the same time frame in which Ellis was active. A self-portrait ofStubenrauch is presented above for comparison.distinctive three dimensional style. This is one of Wiener’s fewIberian subjects (F-G)Salathiel Ellis moved to NYC in 1842 and entered into businesswith his wife’s cousin, Joseph Willson, a partnership which was tolast 15 years, when Willson died at age 32. Ellis is credited witha number of important national medals such as the Indian PeaceMedals for Fillmore, Pierce Buchanan, and Lincoln as well as theMexican War medals for Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor. Hisportrait medals for Gilbert Stuart and Isaac Hopper are also wellknown to exonumists. For aficionados of Ellis’s work, this is animportant discovery piece. ($800-1000)Lot 390Lot 389389. ROYAL MONASTARY AT BATALHA, PORTUGAL, 1853.Van Hoydonck 103; Reinecke 55. 59.5mm. Bronze. JacquesWiener, Sc. Uncirculated with the patination a little bit uneven.Obverse view of the exterior of the 14 th century Dominicanmonastery of Santa Maria da Victoria. In exergue: CONVENTODE BATALHA EDIFICADO POR VOTO DE DOM JOAO I REIDE PORTUGAL NOS FINS DO XIV SECULO. The reversepresents an interior view of the soaring Gothic nave in Wiener’s390. MASONIC MEDAL OF FREDERIC, PRINCE OF ORANGE,1856. Marvin CCIV. 60.8mm. Silver. Unsigned. Polished XF/AU Obverse: Bust to left of Frederic, Prince of Orange, within aborder composed of nine shields, suspended upon a ribbon. Theshield at the bottom contains the arms of Orange with the date 1816 (the date of his accession to the Grand Mastership, to eitherside. From the left to right are the arms of his predecessors, eachwith the date of their occupancy of the Grand Master’s Chair. Thereverse bears a 16 line Latin inscription which Marvin translatesas follows: “The Masons of Holland celebrating the centennialfestival of the foundation of the Grand Orient of Holland, orderedthe effigies of William Frederic Charles, most illustrious princeof Orange and Nassau, for forty years Grand Master of theprovince of Holland ; with his armorial bearings and the arms ofthose who presided before him, to be struck in gold, silver andbronze, in perpetual memory of the occasion. In the year 1856.”Marvin further comments “The inscription sufficiently explainsthe design of this beautiful Medal, one of the most perfect I haveever examined.” (G)391. SMALL SIZE BRONZE AWARD MEDAL FOR THELAYING OF THE FIRST ATLANTIC CABLE, 1858. MilfordHaven 628; Marqusee 377. 59mm. Bronze. Signed at the bottom:TIFFANY & CO, Unsigned by the artist, as usual. ExtremelyFine with the rim bearing numerous small dents and nicks. Still107H