Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Johan van Reede van Renswouden, Baron de Reede (1593-1682), Dutch politician and diplomat in London, silver portrait medal, 1645, by Thomas Simon, bust of de Reede l., wearing skull cap, plain broad collar and doublet, rev. legend in 12 lines recording de Reede's appointment and creation as Baron in his 52nd year, 1645 IO DE REEDE ... ÆTAT 52, 34.5mm. (MI.320/156; Platt II, p. 257; Humphris 86; Foley 275), a contemporary cast of excellent quality, the smooth field emphasising the portrait
*ex Owen F Parsons Collection, Baldwin Auction 12, 27 May, 1997 (lot 974); Parsons bt. Baldwin, 16 February, 1956 (old dealer's tickets); J. B. Carlyon Collection; Philip Spence Collection (lot 308 - £8)*
also believed ex J. G. Murdoch, Sotheby, 2 June, 1904 (lot 111 - £20-10-0)
A similar, though reversed image, is found in an engraving by Wenceslas Hollar, dated 1650.
*Philip Spence (1873-1945), antiquarian, though remembered more widely as the co-author, with his brother Robert, of "Struwwelhitler", a wartime parody of the famous Slovenly Peter (Struwwelpeter).
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (800-1200 GBP)
*ex Owen F Parsons Collection, Baldwin Auction 12, 27 May, 1997 (lot 974); Parsons bt. Baldwin, 16 February, 1956 (old dealer's tickets); J. B. Carlyon Collection; Philip Spence Collection (lot 308 - £8)*
also believed ex J. G. Murdoch, Sotheby, 2 June, 1904 (lot 111 - £20-10-0)
A similar, though reversed image, is found in an engraving by Wenceslas Hollar, dated 1650.
*Philip Spence (1873-1945), antiquarian, though remembered more widely as the co-author, with his brother Robert, of "Struwwelhitler", a wartime parody of the famous Slovenly Peter (Struwwelpeter).
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (800-1200 GBP)