The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, visit to Scotland 1822, silver medal, by T. Halliday, laureate head l., GOD SAVE THE KING, rev. crown within wreath of thistles, edge engraved:- INCORPORATION OF CORDINERS, JOHN AIRD, ENTERED 25 APRIL 1806, 40.5mm. (BHM.1185), small piercing for suspension loop, good very fine, rare
bt. DNW, 13 July 2011, lot 1134 (2nd item)
A cordwainer (or cordiner) is a worker in leather goods such as shoes. In Scotland the Cordiners were first elected into a fraternity or Incorporation (today a Livery Company or Guild) by a Charter from the Town Council of Edinburgh, on the 28th July 1449.
(150-200 GBP)