Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 43 25 Mar 2020
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The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, Princess Charlotte of Wales, betrothal to Prince William of Orange, copper medal, 1814, by Thomas Webb, published by Sir Edward Thomason, head r., hair in fillet, CAROLETTA AVGVSTA, rev. standing figure of Hope, with cornucopia, olive branch and rudder, SPES PVBLICA, 54mm. (BHM.778, Eimer 1041), extremely fine
*ex E. K. Barnsdale (Norfolk, Virginia) Collection, December 2001; previously ex Spink & Son
Princess Charlotte (1796-1817), daughter of the Prince Regent. The medal records her intended marriage to Prince William of Orange, an engagement she ended some six months later. She would later marry Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld. Had she outlived both her grandfather, George III and her father, she would have become Queen in the place of Victoria.
(80-120 GBP)
*ex E. K. Barnsdale (Norfolk, Virginia) Collection, December 2001; previously ex Spink & Son
Princess Charlotte (1796-1817), daughter of the Prince Regent. The medal records her intended marriage to Prince William of Orange, an engagement she ended some six months later. She would later marry Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld. Had she outlived both her grandfather, George III and her father, she would have become Queen in the place of Victoria.
(80-120 GBP)