albion68
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| 28 Apr 2021 12:08 PM |
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Hi, in answer to my earlier post about when did Fry's achieve 300 Gold Medals, this is a reply the curator of Bristol Chocolate Museum, " 300 Gold Medals could only have been achieved in the years 1895 - 1900 ...... and was used on their advertising till around 1910 although some crept into the 1920s " hope this info will be of use to some of you , Regards |
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banjo boy
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| 29 Apr 2021 02:42 PM |
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So if this true about 300 medals date wize,then the ones with 100,150 and 200medals must be very early i would of said |
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albion68
Mad Keen Collector
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| 29 Apr 2021 10:45 PM |
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Hi, Spencer, yes I agree the ones below 300 must be earlier, if the curator is correct. And you would assume he should know. There's an enamel now on EBay with the wording 300 Gold medals ....... Chocolate Makers to the Queen (not the Late Queen ) was seems to back up the curators reply. Anyone else with opinions? cheers Keith |
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banjo boy
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| 01 May 2021 05:25 PM |
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Lack of input from people.. |
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| 02 May 2021 01:34 PM |
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Here's what the early medals looked like. Nice showcard by Le Blond probably using the Baxter process and pre-dating chromolithography. Lots of gold used and the medals are embossed. I wonder if Fry's only had the 4 medals when this was done, it's the oldest showcard in my collection. |
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albion68
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| 02 May 2021 05:41 PM |
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Hi, collector, that's a really nice show card, if ever you wanted to part with I'd be interested, thanks for showing. I've since found out the following,, ... in 1899 Fry's had achieved 275 gold medals but during 1900 they added another 25 ( presumably at the Paris Expo 1900) to make it 300. so just into Victorian. Regards |
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fleece77
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| 02 May 2021 10:08 PM |
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NO ! that's not just a really nice showcard, that is an Awesome showcard, absolute cracker !
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| 03 May 2021 08:13 AM |
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Glad someone else appreciates showcards and thanks for the comments. It was the old story with this one still in its original frame but with a print on top of it, usually means pretty good condition. Wonder if the medals were actually that size ? |
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banjo boy
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| 08 May 2021 01:37 PM |
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Stunning showcard. |
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Relics
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| 08 May 2021 10:25 PM |
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Absolutely fabulous example . It find it amazing that some of these showcards survive at all let alone in such condition . Thanks for showing |
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Lummox
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| 09 May 2021 01:24 PM |
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Posted By collector on 03 May 2021 08:13 AM
Glad someone else appreciates showcards and thanks for the comments. It was the old story with this one still in its original frame but with a print on top of it, usually means pretty good condition. Wonder if the medals were actually that size ?
Victorian Exhibition medals are fairly common and come in Gold, silver , silver gilt, and bronze. They usually range from around 32 to 50 mm in diameter, although very occasionally you find the odd one bigger
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| 09 May 2021 02:26 PM |
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The larger ones measure about 80mm. |
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Lummox
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| 09 May 2021 03:44 PM |
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Done some more checking for you , Both the Great Exhibition & International Exhibition medal were by Wyon and were 77mm in Diameter, So looks like they are faithfully reproduced on this showcard. Issued in bronze. Interestingly The Great Exhibition medal was given to approx 3,000 out of 17,000 entries, so for a large well known company not that hard to win a few.
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| 10 May 2021 07:09 AM |
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Thanks for the info,big heavy medals then and a lot of bronze to cast 3000 ! |
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