Lot 455
TWO BRONZE STUART COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLIONS
J DASSIER 1731
Auction: Day Two | Thursday 20 August from 10am | Lots 199 - 555
Description
Charles I memorial left facing bust draped and with laurel motto CAROLUS I. D.G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX, reverse Britannia seated on a tomb with his memorial below: Charles II memorial, right facing draped bust with motto CAROLUS II. D.G. M. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX, signed under bust, reverse Mercury inscribing a tomb with Charles II memorial (2)
Dimensions
42mm (diameter)
Provenance
Private Collection of a Gentleman
Footnote
Literature: Eimer, C., 'British Commemorative Medals, and their values', item 164 & 271
Although struck to commemorate the death of James I in 1625 this medal was originally issued as part of J Dassier’s thirty-four medallion series ‘Kings & Queens of England’. This set illustrates the monarchs from William I to, the then current monarch George II. This set was available in bronze and silver at a cost of six or fifteen guineas and is occasionally found in original wooden trays.