St. Saviour's School

St. Saviour's School, Southwark, founded 1562, silver prize medal, by John Kirk, bust of Elizabeth I left, wearing ruff collar and jewellery over dress, rev., façade of the school building, SIGILUM HOC PUERO … / SCHOLA SANTCI SALVATORIS, 40.5mm (MI 110/37; Grimshaw 19; cf. JT 126a; D & W 256/402), late 18th century. Extremely fine, scarce.

St. Saviour's was a free grammar school for boys in Southwark. In 1896 it was amalgamated with St Olave's Grammar School. The medallist John Kirk died in 1796 and the medal's reverse shows the old school. A later version of the medal was made by W. J. Taylor.

Provenance: Bt. eBay, January, 2013.