Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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From the remaining stock of Mrs Irene [Neddy] Allen (1928-2020), European and World Medallions, U.S.A., Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794–1858), gilt-bronze presentation medal from the Merchants of Boston, 1854, by Francis N. Mitchell, bare head of Perry l., COMMODORE – M. C. PERRY, rev. legend in 14 lines above a naval crown inscribed, MISSISSIPPI and within oak wreath, 66mm. (Julian PE-26), extremely fine and very rare, the first gilt example noted by the cataloguers
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
Perry was presented with a specimen in gold (that was sold at auction in 2007, in Rockland, Maine, for $165,000). 20 further examples were struck in silver and 107 in bronze. The gilding is contemporary with the medal and it would seem to have been made simply to resemble the gold.
The Perry Expedition was both diplomatic and military, under orders from President Millard Fillmore. It involved two separate voyages during 1853–1854 and resulted in the signing of two treaties, as described on the medal's reverse: PRESENTED TO COM. M.C. PERRY SPECIALMINISTER FROM THE U.S.A. BY MERCHANTS OF BOSTON IN TOKEN OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS SERVICES IN NEGOTIATING THE TREATY WITH JAPAN SIGNED AT YOKU-HAMA MARCH 31, AND WITH LEW CHEW AT NAPA, JULY 11, 1854.
(400-500 GBP)
*ex Mrs. Irene "Neddy" Allen stock
To be sold on behalf of several animal charities
Perry was presented with a specimen in gold (that was sold at auction in 2007, in Rockland, Maine, for $165,000). 20 further examples were struck in silver and 107 in bronze. The gilding is contemporary with the medal and it would seem to have been made simply to resemble the gold.
The Perry Expedition was both diplomatic and military, under orders from President Millard Fillmore. It involved two separate voyages during 1853–1854 and resulted in the signing of two treaties, as described on the medal's reverse: PRESENTED TO COM. M.C. PERRY SPECIALMINISTER FROM THE U.S.A. BY MERCHANTS OF BOSTON IN TOKEN OF THEIR APPRECIATION OF HIS SERVICES IN NEGOTIATING THE TREATY WITH JAPAN SIGNED AT YOKU-HAMA MARCH 31, AND WITH LEW CHEW AT NAPA, JULY 11, 1854.
(400-500 GBP)