CNG 100, Lot: 1175. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

temp. HANOVER. Sir Isambart Marc Brunel. 1769-1849. AV Medal (42mm, 38.73 g, 12h). Completion of the Thames Tunnel. By W.J. Taylor, design by Warrington. Dated 1842. Presented to Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer . SIR ISAMBART MARC BRUNEL, F.R.S. &c., bare head left; W.J TAYLOR F. WARRINGTON D. below / View of the two-arched tunnel beneath the Thames; three ships sailing on water above; in exergue, THAMES TUNNEL/ 1842; W.J TAYLOR F. and WARRINGTON D. to either side. Engraved on edge: TO THE R^T HON^BLE EARL SPENCER. Eimer 1372; BHM 2084. EF, lustrous.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Stack’s Bowers and Ponterio 177 (14 August 2013), lot 12280.

This medal was presented to the Earl Spencer, a friend of Brunel and the second great-grandfather of Princess Diana.