Baldwin & Sons
Auction 93 5 May 2015
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, British Historical Medals, Charles I, Marriage of Princess Mary (1631-1660) to William, Prince of Orange (1626-1650), Dutch Silver Medal, 1641, by Johann Blüm, the Princess greets the elegantly dressed Prince and the couple clasp hands, each crowned with a wreath by a cloud-borne cherub, above them a dove in a radiant sun and in the distance a palace, ALBIONUM GENUIT REX ME SUMMUSQUE MONARCHA CAROLUS, ET SPONSAM ME JUBET ESSE TUAM, PRINCEPS ME HERNICUS GENUIT FORTISSIMUS HEROS NASOUIÆ, ET SPONSUM ME JUBET ESSE TUUM, in exergue LONDINI DESPONSATI WILHELM' ET MARIA, ANO 1641, 12 MAJ, rev William as Pallas and Mary as Peace, amidst the emblems of war and tranquility, BELLONAM PRINCEPS PALLAS PEDIBUS TERIT ET PAX FLORET, ET ALMA CERES, CONFERT SACRO ALITE FRUGES, in exergue NOUI IMPERII AUSPICIO BONO, 72mm (MI 287/100; Eimer 137; vL 251). Good extremely fine with lustrous fields and subtle chestnut brown patina, an unusually high quality example.
Princess Mary, the eldest daughter of Charles I, was the first first-daughter of a British Sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. The marriage took place on 2 May 1641 at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, but was not consummated for several years due to the bride's young age. She went to Holland in 1642. William succeeded his father as stadholder in March 1647, but he died of smallpox in November 1650, just a few days before the couple's only child, William (III) was born. Princess Mary returned to England after the Restoration, but died, also of smallpox, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Estimate: £3500-4500
Princess Mary, the eldest daughter of Charles I, was the first first-daughter of a British Sovereign to hold the title Princess Royal. The marriage took place on 2 May 1641 at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, but was not consummated for several years due to the bride's young age. She went to Holland in 1642. William succeeded his father as stadholder in March 1647, but he died of smallpox in November 1650, just a few days before the couple's only child, William (III) was born. Princess Mary returned to England after the Restoration, but died, also of smallpox, and is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Estimate: £3500-4500