Watch List notes:

A series of two letters, the first written by Benedetto Pistrucci, chief medallist, addressed to J.C. Herries, Master of the Royal Mint. In the letter, Pistrucci requests that his son, Raphael be appointed as an assistant, and complains against his own unfair treatment as compared to William Wyon, the chief engraver. He also complains that permission to accept a request of the East India Company to engrave the Burma War Medal was refused, and that Wyon was now doing the job; the second letter, written by J.W. Morrison, deputy master of the royal mint, directly relates to the first, and expresses some sympathy with Pistrucci, a fascinating and intriguing pair of letters, giving substantial insight into the running of the Royal Mint in the 1800s, the first with 'Pistrucci' written in a modern hand under his original signature, otherwise as written (2)
(400-800 GBP)