Watch List notes:

*Antonio Selvi (1679-1753), John Molesworth (1679-1726), British diplomat and ambassador in Florence, later second Viscount Molesworth, bronze medal, 1712, draped bust right, rev., Prudence, Abundance, Peace and Commerce standing around an altar decorated with the Molesworth arms; signed below a. selvi. f, 91.5mm (VT 132; MI 390/244; Eimer 452; Avery, The Medal, Spring 1994, fig. 10), very fine and rare [Clifford lot 315]. Ex Christie's, 6 March 1990, lot 663. Of Anglo-Irish descent, John Molesworth's diplomatic career also took him to Sardinia, Venice and Switzerland. He was succeeded as viscount by his younger brother Richard Molesworth of whom Selvi also made a medal. (1500 - 2000)