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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); Boulton's Death and Obsequies, copper medal, 1809, three line inscription MATTHEW BOULTON DIED AUGUST 17TH 1809 AGED 81 YEARS, rev. six line legend within wreath, IN MEMORY OF HIS OBSEQUIES AUGUST 24TH 1809, 40.5mm. (BHM 662; Eimer 1003), nearly extremely fine, second with verdigris stain on reverse (2)
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