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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D2696/H/16/1
TitleAE prize medal by W. Wyon RA, Royal Mint, awarded to H. & A. Holmes at the Great Exhibition Class V A
Date1851
Description76mm, original fitted morocco Barnby of Clerkenwell presentation case
Extent1 object
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorHolmes & Co. of Derby (1803-1923), Burton-on-Trent, Lichfield, London and Sheffield, coach builders & harness makers
Sanderson & Holmes of Derby (1923-c1970), coach builders/motor car body builders
Administrative HistoryAwarded "for a Park Phaeton, very neatly finished and in good taste" (Glover, 1857).

The Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue (1851) Vol. 1 Class 6 Railway and Marine Mechanism, describes the exhibits from
872 Holmes, Herbert & Arthur, Derby - Manufacturers
Light park phaeton, having the upper part of the fore-carriage and the requisite branch stays, &c., wrought in one piece of iron-work.
Dog-cart, or sporting-buggy. Set of single buggy harness.
A set of winter shoes for horses, fitted with screwed chisel-points and plain studs.
A series of modern carriage drawings.
FormatObject
TermGreat Exhibition (1851)
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AE prize medal by W. Wyon RA, Royal Mint, awarded to H. & A. Holmes at the Great Exhibition Class V A

AE prize medal by W. Wyon RA, Royal Mint, awarded to H. & A. Holmes at the Great Exhibition Class V A

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