The Pavilion Collection, Commemorative Medals, George IV, Plymouth Dockyard renamed Devonport, a pair of medals, copper and white metal, 1824, by Thomas Halliday for R. Ellis and J. Ramsay, Neptune stands in sea chariot (with a central medallic bust of the King), pointing towards the dockyard and ships behind him, Fame with trumpet flies above, rev. dedication legend in 12 lines, 54.5mm. (BHM.1244; Eimer 1175), both extremely fine and rare; and a composite medal, of two joined clichés (or perhaps electrotypes), obv. Thomas Webb's laureate bust, as on Accession and Coronation medals (BHM.1013, 1092, etc.), rev. Halliday's obverse of the Devonport medal, united at rim, 54mm., very fine (3)
first bt. Ardingly Antique Fair, March 2011; second bt. June 2002
(120-160 GBP)