Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

Miscellaneous Tokens and MedalsLot 406SANGAMON FAIR ASSOCIATION 1890. Reverse: Open wreathclosed by AWARDED/ TO. (engraved) LAURA/ GRAHAM/ FORESSAY/ ON THE/ RESOURCES/ OF/ SAGAMON COUNTY. Arare medal which we have not previously encountered. (F)Lot 408Lot 407 (reduced)407. PORTRAIT RELIEF OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON,1893. 7 ¼” Cast Bronze. Ralph Bartlett Goddard, Sc. Sc. Uniface.Integral loop & ring for suspension. Extremely Fine with a brightgolden bronze finish. This attractive plaque features a very highrelief bust to half left, TENNYSON incused at top. Incused atbottom right is” COPYRIGHT/ R.B. GODDARD, SC. 189(2?)Ralph Bartlett Goddard was a well-known sculptor who isnotable for bas-relief portraits cast in bronze of prominent men,including a series of 12 foremost authors and poets of modernEnglish literature. From this group we have identified NathanielHawthorne; Charles Dickens; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow& John Greenleaf Whittier in addition to Tennyson. We haveidentified three different portraits of Tennyson by Goddard . (G)408. SAN FRANCISCO MECHANICS INSTITUTE AWARDMEDAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, 1893. Harkness Ca-92.49.2mm. Silver. Albert Kuner, Sc. XF/AU, Polished. Obversewith a robed female figure standing on a box inscribed with theMI monogram holding wreaths over seated figures of Industryand Agriculture. MECHANICS INSTITUTE above. In exergue:SAN FRANCISCO. Through the years, as a result of die polishing,Kuner’s signature in the exergue became more and more illegible.By 1885, only a few of the letters are visible and by 1893,none of the letters are visible.. The reverse bears the legend:INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION around a wreath closed at top byAWARDED TO. Hand engraved in a flowing script at center:THEO C. MARCEAU/ BEST PHOTOGRAPHS/ COLORED IN/OIL & WATER/ COLOR. At bottom, below the wreath is a smallcartouche is the date, 1893. The Kuner signature on the reverse isno longer visible.Col. Theodore C. Marceau pioneered the creation of nationalchains of photographic studios in the 1880s. His New York branchin the first decade of the twentieth century engaged in a greatdeal of celebrity and theatrical photography. Marceau’s extensiveand interesting biography is available on the internet at: http://broadway.cas.sc.edu/index.php?action=showPhotographer&id=28. (G)409. MORGAN GARDNER BULKELEY PORTRAITMEDALLION, 1896. 138.5mm. Cast Bronze. John Flanagan,Sc. Extremely Fine, but a rough casting, particularly in the leftobverse field where the JF monogram is grainy and faint. A hangerinserted into the rim at 12:00 has been removed with a partial stemstill visible. The obverse bears a bust to the left and the legend:MORGAN GANDNER BULKELEY above. The reverse includesthe Roman numeral date 1896 in a palm, oak, laurel, and flowerwreath closed at top by MORGAN GARDNER BULKELEY, JR.Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922), whose portrait is on theobverse, was the son of the founder of the Aetna Life and Casualty113H