Silver gilt, 38mm diameter, 22.85 grams.  Terpsicore seated right holding quill and lyre, J. MOORE in ex.  Rv. WESTMORELAND · MUSICAL FESTIVAL - Awarded to -  Mary Agnes Seed  Sight Reading  First 1904  engraved within laurel wreath.  Charles Farthing, Cumbria 16.27 (this piece). RR.  Brilliant, Good EF - Unc, beautiful multi-coloured toning

Ex Michael Finlay collection.

Taking place in Kendal, this biennial Festival has been part of Westmorland's musical life since 1885 when Mary Wakefield, daughter of a Kendal Quaker banking family and a keen musician, assembled local choirs to sing and compete together.