70mm. Silver. By G. Devreese.
Obverse with Herald on horse, reverse with craftsman receiving wreath. Named in exergue to W.F Stanley & Co Ltd, London.
Together with an 1874 Fine Arts Exhibition 52mm bronze medal engraved around the edge 'William F. Stanley. Catalogue No 5536'.
1910 medal About Uncirculated and particularly attractive, rare in silver. 1874 medal with some dirt within devices otherwise Extremely Fine with prooflike surfaces, housed within circular cardboard case.
William Ford Robinson Stanley (2 February 1829 - 14 August 1909) was a British inventor with 78 patents filed in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America. He was an engineer who designed and made precision drawing and mathematical instruments, as well as surveying instruments and telescopes, manufactured by his company "William Ford Stanley and Co. Ltd."