Lot 318

A SILVER QUEEN MARY MEMORIAL MEDALLION
JAMES DASSIER (1676 – 1763), STRUCK 1731




Scottish Works of Art & Whisky
Auction: 16 August 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
obverse three-quarter bust of Queen Mary facing right with the motto MARIA. I. D.G. ANG. FR. ET. HIB. REGINA, reverse with the figure of Religion seated before a monument to the right, a column, mounted with a medallion of the Pope, motto NATA. 18. FEBR. 1516. COR. 1 OCTOB. 1553. MORT 17. NOV. 1558
Dimensions
41mm diameter, 32.1g
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:
‘British Commemorative Medals, and their values’, C Eimer, item 38 and 526
Notes:
Originally from the thirty-four medallion set produced by James Dassier ‘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 fifteen or six guineas and is occasionally found in original wooden trays.



