A rare 15ct gold medallion for The Melbourne Tramways Trust and selected personal effects belonging to David Methven MLA (1840-1918), 1906
Estimate $1,500 – $2,000
comprising a circular medallion pierced to the centre with the initials 'MTT' in script, within a border inscribed 'THE MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS TRUST / 1906', inscribed verso 'D. METHVEN / BRUNSWICK', surmounted by a suspension loop, stamped 'G.K KUSTER' and '15CT', within a box with the retail mark 'STOKES & SONS / MEDALLISTS / MELBOURNE'; together with a sterling silver cased pocket watch, the movement signed Rotherhams London, the case with engine-turned decoration centred by a vacant cartouche, inscribed internally 'PRESENTED TO / GEORGE METHVEN / on his / 21st Birthday / 24.7.94'
and signed 'D. Methven' beneath the cover, with an Arabic numeral white enamel dial and subsidiary seconds dial, together with a watch key and a fob chain; a Victorian burr walnut writing compendium of typical form, inset with a brass cartouche engraved 'D. Methven'; and a Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board paper ticket
5 gms total weight of gold, 28 mm diameter; pocket watch dial 40 mm diameter; writing compendium 40 cm wide, 16.5 cm high, 25 cm deep
- Lot Sold $1,900 (Hammer Price)
- $2,318 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Mr David Methven, acquired in 1906
Private Collection, Melbourne, by descent from the above in 1918
Private Collection, Canberra, by descent from the above in 1974
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