Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2015 Baltimore Auction - Online Sess. 10 Nov 2015
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GREAT BRITAIN. Manchester Riots Medal, 1819. EXTREMELY FINE.
62.1 mm. Eimer-1112; BHM-989. Struck in white metal. Scene of cavalry soldiers cutting down men women and children after their demonstration for improved working conditions. Reverse with inscription "THE WICKED HAVE DRAWN OUT THE SWORD / THEY HAVE CUT DOWN / THE POOR AND NEEDY / AND SUCH AS BE OF / UPRIGHT CONVERSATION". The attack is often referred to as "Peterloo" since it occurred in St. Peter's Fields near Manchester. A lustrous example. EXTREMELY FINE.
From the Collections of The Strong, Rochester, New York; sold to benefit the museum's collections fund; originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937).
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00
62.1 mm. Eimer-1112; BHM-989. Struck in white metal. Scene of cavalry soldiers cutting down men women and children after their demonstration for improved working conditions. Reverse with inscription "THE WICKED HAVE DRAWN OUT THE SWORD / THEY HAVE CUT DOWN / THE POOR AND NEEDY / AND SUCH AS BE OF / UPRIGHT CONVERSATION". The attack is often referred to as "Peterloo" since it occurred in St. Peter's Fields near Manchester. A lustrous example. EXTREMELY FINE.
From the Collections of The Strong, Rochester, New York; sold to benefit the museum's collections fund; originally collected by John Charles Woodbury (1859-1937).
Estimate: $350.00- $500.00