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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 15 - Argentum  3 Feb 2018
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Lot 315

Estimate: 80 GBP
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British Medals, Samuel Clarke (1675-1729), mathematician and philosopher, Death, copper medal, 1729, by Jean Dassier, bust three-quarters r., rev. student ascends path to Truth on mountain summit, 42.5mm (MI 490/31; Eimer 518; Eisler 10); William Windham (1716-1761), copper medal, 1742, by J. A. Dassier, bust r., rev. within cartouche, OFFICII ET AUGURII ..., 41mm (MI 570/205; Eimer 571; Eisler 15-16), good very fine (2)
*ex Baldwin's vault
Windam was a member select society of Englishmen living in Geneva which is where, it would seem, he met Dassier, though it is not known what merited the dedication on the reverse.
(80-120 GBP)
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