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Auction 75 24 May 2023
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Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), 10th Anniversary of his Death, copper Memorial Medal, 1819, by G. F. Pidgeon, bust right wearing frock coat, after Peter Rouw, MATTHEVS BOULTON, rev. legend within olive wreath, INVENTAS AVT QVI VITAM EXCOLVERE PER ARTIS, edge impressed, PATRIS AMICIS M.R.B. MDCCCXVIIII, 63.5mm. (BHM 976; Eimer 1114; Pollard pp.316-318), extremely fine
The 'MD' of edge date formed of C's, reversed C's and I's. The medal was issued by Boulton's son and successor, Matthew Robinson Boulton, and Pollard records the history of the delays surrounding its production. The reverse legend (from Virgil, Aen. VI, 663), ends with the corrected spelling, ARTIS, translated "those who have enriched life by discovering arts".
Estimate: 300 - 400 GBP
The 'MD' of edge date formed of C's, reversed C's and I's. The medal was issued by Boulton's son and successor, Matthew Robinson Boulton, and Pollard records the history of the delays surrounding its production. The reverse legend (from Virgil, Aen. VI, 663), ends with the corrected spelling, ARTIS, translated "those who have enriched life by discovering arts".
Estimate: 300 - 400 GBP