Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Sir Charles Erskine of Alva (1617-1663), cast pewter portrait medal, 1647, by Abraham Simon, bust l., long hair falling over plain lace collar and buttoned doublet, rev. legend, 1647 CAR ÆRESKINVS EQV ÆT 30, 36mm (MI 330/173: Platt II, p. 94; Foley 280), very fine, the cast appears to be contemporary with slight indentation on reverse (matching the relief of the head), extremely rare
*Bt. Seaby, 26 October 1978.
MI. lists a single specimen in gold and two others, these both silver. The date of Sir Charles Erskine's birth is shown elsewhere as 1611 (not 1617 as implied by the medal). He was the 4th son of John, 8th Earl of Mar and married Mary Hope in 1639. In 1645 he was a commissioner negotiating the Treaty of Uxbridge, a significant but abortive negotiation to try to end the First Civil War. In the same year he also served as a Commissioner for Scotland at the Westminster Assembly of Divines the purpose of which was to restructure the Church of England.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (800-1200 GBP)
*Bt. Seaby, 26 October 1978.
MI. lists a single specimen in gold and two others, these both silver. The date of Sir Charles Erskine's birth is shown elsewhere as 1611 (not 1617 as implied by the medal). He was the 4th son of John, 8th Earl of Mar and married Mary Hope in 1639. In 1645 he was a commissioner negotiating the Treaty of Uxbridge, a significant but abortive negotiation to try to end the First Civil War. In the same year he also served as a Commissioner for Scotland at the Westminster Assembly of Divines the purpose of which was to restructure the Church of England.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (800-1200 GBP)