Lot 314
A SILVER GILT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AT GERTRUYDENBURG MEDALLION
NORBERT ROTTIER (CIRCA 1665 – 1727), STRUCK 1710
Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
obverse bust of Prince James facing right in armour with legend CVIVS EST, the revere with map of Great Britain and Ireland with ships around and motto REDDITE in banner above
Dimensions
38mm diameter, 16.8g
Provenance
Provenance:
Property of a Gentleman – Previously from the collection of Sir Colin MacRae (1869-1952) of Feorlinn and Lady Margaret Crichton Stuart (1875-1964)
Footnote
References:
Woolf, N., 'The Medallic Record of the Jacobite Movement', item 23:1a
Eimer, C., 'British Commemorative Medals, and their values', item 449a
Note:
This medallion, struck in 1710, shows the plans and hopes held by the Stuart exiled court. This medallion 5 years before the eventual invasion of 1715 was no doubt a key propaganda message. It is believed that this is the medallion from the contemporary account given by Abel Boyer which states ‘About this time, a medal was dispersed in the Netherland, the Chevalier de St. George’s Friends with the Prince’s head on the right side and the words CUIUS EST; and on the Reverse with Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland with this motto REDDITE. The medal was undoubtedly struck at this juncture, upon the hopes given by the Jacobites in England to their correspondents in France that the British Court and Nation were ready to invite the Pretender………. But whatever ground there was for such expectation, things were not yet ripe enough for the Pretenders Friends to throw off the Mask’