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Reference: S11491
Period: Victorian
Year: 1856
Silversmith: Mackay & Chisholm
Place: Edinburgh
Price: $ 200.00
Weight: 25 grams
Dimensions: 4.9 cm diameter
Condition: Excellent.
Description: An interesting Scottish silver prize medallion, quite large in size, presented by Mr Smeaton's Institution in St Andrews. The front is engraved "Mr Smeaton's Institution St. Andrews July 1856", the back is engraved "To the best Essayist James Annandale". The medallion is circular, with a reeded rim, with a cast silver scroll for attachment to a chain. The medallion only has a makers mark which is clearly struck, M&C in a shaped shield for Mackay & Chisholm of Edinburgh. David James Smeaton ran a large private boarding school for about 80 boys in Abbey Park, St. Andrews, which was also described as an "Academy for young gentlemen". He was born in Fyfe in 1834, and is buried in Edinburgh. He fathered 12 children with his wife Elizabeth, his son Donald Smeaton was elected Liberal M.P. for Stirlingshire in 1906.
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Mr. Smeatons Institution St. Andrews Silver Prize Medallion
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James Annandale, Abbey Park
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St. Andrews Silver Prize Medallion - James Annandale
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Mackay & Chisholm Edinburgh silver
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Mr. Smeatons Institution St. Andrews Silver
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