Live auction - fme_632069 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille de la jonque chinoise Keying

GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille de la jonque chinoise Keying XF

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Estimate :	200 €
Price :	542 €
Maximum bid :	542 €
End of the sale :	26 January 2021 21:40:25
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Médaille de la jonque chinoise Keying

Date: 1848

Metal : tin

Diameter : 45 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Engraver Thomas Halliday

Weight : 31,68 g.

Edge : lisse

Puncheon : sans poinçon

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire ayant conservé une bonne partie de son brillant de frappe. Présence de plusieurs coups et rayures, entre autre sur la tranche

Obverse

Obverse legend : THE CHINESE JUNK / “KEYING”.

Obverse description : Vue sur la jonque chinoise Keying de profil, légende à l’exergue. Signé : HALLIDAY - BIRM..

Reverse

Reverse legend : THE CHINESE JUNK /THAT EVER ROUNDED / THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, QR / APPEARED IN BRITISH WATERS. / HER DIMENSIONS ARE / LENGTH 160 FT, FT, DEPTH OF HOLD 12FT, BURDEN, 800 TONS, CHINESE MEASUREMENT / RUDDER, 7 1/5 TONS, MAINSAIL, 9 TONS / MAINMAST, 85 FEET LONG FROM DECK / THE SHIP IS BUILT OF TEAK WOOD / SHE SAILED FROM HONG KONG, 6TH / DECEMBER 1846, ARRIVED IN / ENGLAND 27 TH MARCH 1848 / 477 DAYS FROM CANTON / CAPTAIN KELLETT / COMMANDER..

Reverse description : Légende en 16 lignes.