GREAT BRITAIN. Victoria. 1837-1901. Electrotype medal, silver on copper. The Great Exhibition, 1851, Council Medal by William Wyon. The diameter of the electrotype is 8.5 inches; the frame diameter is 13 inches; there is a convex glass cover on the piece and a handwritten unsigned note, lacquered over, on the reverse explaining the electrotype. Conjoined busts of Victoria, laureate, and Albert left, trident behind, two dolphins below; VICTORIA D: G: BRIT: REG: F: D. ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX. around, MDCCCLI below. Cf. Eimer 1455 (Eimer provides a lengthy discussion of the Great Exhibition). Good Extremely Fine; the electrotype itself is in excellent condition showing a small amount of toning around the edges; the front of the frame has a fine crack at 5 o'clock that seems to stop before going all the way through; the frame also has a few slight marks and scrapes but is, overall, attractive and well preserved; the curved glass cover has a few slight scratches but they are barely noticeable.

Text of the reverse note: "Electrotype Model of the Obverse of the Great Exhibition Medals from the original of the late William Wyon Esq R.A. Electrotyped in silver on copper by W. Johnson 15 Alexander Terrace Ledbury Road Bayswater." The note continues with an "Extract from the Report of the Juries of the Great Exhibition – Page 691 –..." describing the work and praising Wyon as "one of the most distinguished of his clafs in the present day."