Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 37 25 Sep 2019
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George I, the Act of Grace and Free Pardon, copper medal, 1717, by J. Croker, bust of George I r., rev. Clemency leans on column, touching a serpent with caduceus, 46mm. (MI.436/36; Eimer 478; Woolf 34.1a); David Garrick (1717-1779), actor, silvered bronze counter for the Sentimental magazine, 1773, by J. Kirk, 25mm. (BHM.173); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, official medal, copper, by L. C. Wyon, after Sir J. E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust l., rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters and Art, with Mercury and Time below, 77.5mm. (BHM.3219; Eimer 1733); and a Boundary Token for Richmond, N. Yorkshire, 1878, very fine or nearly so (4)
The Act of Grace pardoned many involved in the 1715 Jacobite rising. The Septennial Boundary Riding in Richmond, is a perambulation that dates back to the Royal Charter of 1576. The Mayor, as Lord of the Manor, accompanied by his Councillors, Officers and townspeople are obliged to beat the bounds of the town every seven years.
(150-200 GBP)
The Act of Grace pardoned many involved in the 1715 Jacobite rising. The Septennial Boundary Riding in Richmond, is a perambulation that dates back to the Royal Charter of 1576. The Mayor, as Lord of the Manor, accompanied by his Councillors, Officers and townspeople are obliged to beat the bounds of the town every seven years.
(150-200 GBP)