Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 43 25 Mar 2020
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The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, The Battle of Waterloo, 1815, by Benedetto Pistrucci (1783-1855), an original gilt electrotype, c. 1849, conjoined busts of the George, Prince Regent, Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia and Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, border of classical scenes around with Apollo at top, rev. Victory guiding the equestrian figures of Wellington and Blücher, around them a border of battling giants, Jupiter at top, 133.5mm. (BHM.870; Eimer 1067a; Eimer, Wellington 57; PW 186; Stef. pl.18-21; Marsh pl.11-12, 49-50), electrotype impressions from the original dies, joined at the rim, with an attractive light tone, extremely fine and rare
Bt. March 2008
The design of the medal was not completed till long after the deaths of all four Heads of State depicted and commemorated upon it and, as a consequence, the dies were never hardened. However, an unknown but limited number of specimens were made for the collectors' market by the electrotype process, most often the obverse and reverse separate and issued framed, displayed side by side. In the process of manufacture, the electrotypes making this example have been backed so that, once joined, they make a solid and heavy presentation medal with a proper edge. It seems highly likely that Pistrucci oversaw the manufacture of these medals.
(600-800 GBP)
Bt. March 2008
The design of the medal was not completed till long after the deaths of all four Heads of State depicted and commemorated upon it and, as a consequence, the dies were never hardened. However, an unknown but limited number of specimens were made for the collectors' market by the electrotype process, most often the obverse and reverse separate and issued framed, displayed side by side. In the process of manufacture, the electrotypes making this example have been backed so that, once joined, they make a solid and heavy presentation medal with a proper edge. It seems highly likely that Pistrucci oversaw the manufacture of these medals.
(600-800 GBP)