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Auction 265 23 Nov 2022
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Christ's Hospital, Nautical School, 1673, a uniface silver cloak badge by J. Roettiers, standing figures of Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy encouraging a Bluecoat boy, fleet behind, avspicio carol secvndi regis 1673, 78mm, 39.77g (MI I, 557/218; Grimshaw p.5, no. 1; E 252). Very fine or better, toned; the wide border unusually without piercings for attachment £150-200
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Christ's Hospital, or the Blue Coat School, as it was generally termed, from the outward garment of the children, was a royal foundation dating to 1552. In 1673, the Royal Nautical School received its Royal Charter from Charles II to teach mathematics for use at sea. Samuel Pepys and Sir Isaac Newton were influential figures in its early years.
Christ's Hospital, Nautical School, 1673, a uniface silver cloak badge by J. Roettiers, standing figures of Arithmetic, Geometry and Astronomy encouraging a Bluecoat boy, fleet behind, avspicio carol secvndi regis 1673, 78mm, 39.77g (MI I, 557/218; Grimshaw p.5, no. 1; E 252). Very fine or better, toned; the wide border unusually without piercings for attachment £150-200
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Christ's Hospital, or the Blue Coat School, as it was generally termed, from the outward garment of the children, was a royal foundation dating to 1552. In 1673, the Royal Nautical School received its Royal Charter from Charles II to teach mathematics for use at sea. Samuel Pepys and Sir Isaac Newton were influential figures in its early years.