Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2022 NYINC Auction 14-16 Jan 2022
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MEXICO. Maria Luisa/Royal Order of Noble Ladies Silver Medal, 1793. Mexico City Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-58.
Grove-C-265. By G. A. Gil. Diameter: 55mm; Weight: 79.03 gms. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust right; Reverse: Ceremony of nobles: Queen's chambers, as she awards medals of the Order; above, Fame flies right, head left, trumpeting horn; to left, cherubs tend to a smoking urn. Commissioned by Dona Maria Guadalupe de Moncada y Berrio, this was meant to commemorate the founding of the Spanish Royal Order of Noble Ladies of the Queen, and stands as one of Gil's most iconic works, if not his most iconic. A RARE and impressive medal in silver, with a charming tone nearer the devices and with some glistening brilliance remaining in the fields.
Ex: Ponterio (1/2004) Lot # 864 (part of).
Estimate: $1000 - $2000
Grove-C-265. By G. A. Gil. Diameter: 55mm; Weight: 79.03 gms. Obverse: Diademed and draped bust right; Reverse: Ceremony of nobles: Queen's chambers, as she awards medals of the Order; above, Fame flies right, head left, trumpeting horn; to left, cherubs tend to a smoking urn. Commissioned by Dona Maria Guadalupe de Moncada y Berrio, this was meant to commemorate the founding of the Spanish Royal Order of Noble Ladies of the Queen, and stands as one of Gil's most iconic works, if not his most iconic. A RARE and impressive medal in silver, with a charming tone nearer the devices and with some glistening brilliance remaining in the fields.
Ex: Ponterio (1/2004) Lot # 864 (part of).
Estimate: $1000 - $2000