Baldwin & Sons
Auction 75 26 September 2012
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BRITISH COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS. Charles I, Silvered-bronze Portrait Medal, c.1642, in the style of Claude Warin, bust right wearing decorative armour with lion shoulder-plate, hair long, falling over left shoulder, lace collar, sash and Garter George on ribband, CAROLVS I DG MAGN BRIT FRANC ET HIB REX ÆTATIS SVÆ, rev Aurora rides through the heavens in a chariot drawn by winged horse, VIRTVTIS FORMÆQ PRÆVIA, 70mm (MI 292/107).Very fine, a hollow medal cast in two halves (air-hole on truncation), exceptionally rare.
This unusual medal was known to the authors of MI from a single specimen once in the collection of Edward Pretty of Maidstone, an electrotype copy of which is in the British Museum.The medal came to light again in the Hever Castle sale (Sothebys, 15 June 1969).[Sir] Mark Jones did not catalogue it in BMC, French Medals (vol II), but an undated note in his hand (sold with the medal) states of this specimen, "it seems likely that it is relatively early and possibly 17th century". The reverse of the medal is a direct copy of da Trezzo's medal of Ippolita Gonzaga (Pollard 503; Kress 438).
bought Spink, mid 1970s
ex Papillon collection, Bonhams, 25 March 1998, lot 24
Estimate: £1200-1500
This unusual medal was known to the authors of MI from a single specimen once in the collection of Edward Pretty of Maidstone, an electrotype copy of which is in the British Museum.The medal came to light again in the Hever Castle sale (Sothebys, 15 June 1969).[Sir] Mark Jones did not catalogue it in BMC, French Medals (vol II), but an undated note in his hand (sold with the medal) states of this specimen, "it seems likely that it is relatively early and possibly 17th century". The reverse of the medal is a direct copy of da Trezzo's medal of Ippolita Gonzaga (Pollard 503; Kress 438).
bought Spink, mid 1970s
ex Papillon collection, Bonhams, 25 March 1998, lot 24
Estimate: £1200-1500