Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 8 20 Sep 2017
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Commemorative Medals, Jacobite, Princess Maria Clementina, escape from Innsbrück, silver medal, 1719, by Ottone Hamerani, bust of the Princess l., her hair tied up with pearls, CLEMENTINA. M. BRITAN. FR. ET. HIB. REGINA., rev. the Princess escapes in a chariot and speeds through an Italian landscape to the city of Rome beyond, FORTVNAM. CAVSAMQVE. SEQVOR., 48.5mm. (MI.444/49; Eimer 484; Woolf 36:1), nearly extremely fine
George I was against the marriage of Princess Maria Clementina (1702-1735), grand-daughter of John Sobieski, king of Poland and James, the Elder Pretender. She had been arrested by Charles VI whilst on her way to Rome and confined to Innsbruck castle, from where her escape is commemorated on this medal.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (300-400 GBP)
George I was against the marriage of Princess Maria Clementina (1702-1735), grand-daughter of John Sobieski, king of Poland and James, the Elder Pretender. She had been arrested by Charles VI whilst on her way to Rome and confined to Innsbruck castle, from where her escape is commemorated on this medal.
The Alan Irvine Collection of Historical and Artistic Medals (300-400 GBP)