Live auction - fme_1042781 - GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA Médaille, Victoria et Albert, Prize Medal, Great Exhibition
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Live starting : Type : Médaille, Victoria et Albert, Prize Medal, Great Exhibition
Date: 1851
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 76 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver WYON Leonard Charles (1826-1891)
Weight : 222,31 g.
Edge : en creux : PRIZE MEDAL OF THE EXHIBITION - P. FONTAINE. CLASSE XXII.
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène avec des taches d’oxydation et concrétions, notamment au revers. Présence de coups et rayures
Catalogue references :
Eimer.1456 - BHM2462
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA D: G: BRIT: REG: F: D: . ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX. - MDCCCLI..
Obverse description : Têtes accolées de profil à gauche, laurée pour la reine, deux dauphins à l’exergue et un trident dans le champ à droite. Signé : W. WYON R. A. - ROYAL MINT.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DISSOCIATA LOCIS CONCORDI - PACE - LIGAVIT. // BRITANNIA // EUROPA.
Reverse description : Représentation de l’allégorie féminine de la Bretagne (Britannia) assise, laurée, déposant une couronne de laurier sur la tête d’une jeune femme agenouillée à ses pieds, symbolisant l’Industrie. La représentation des continents à l’arrière plan droit : Afrique, Amérique, Asie et Europe. A droite, un buste de Flaxman Signé : LEONARD G: WYON / INS: & SC // ROYAL MINT LONDON / 1851..
Commentary
Médaille gravée sur la tranche au nom de P. Fontaine.
Ce dernier semble être référencé en tant que fabricant de casseroles en laiton en France
cf. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6541637x.r=new+york.langFR.textePage.
Medal engraved on the edge with the name of P. Fontaine. The latter seems to be referenced as a manufacturer of brass pans in France cf. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6541637x.r=new+york.langFR.textePage
Ce dernier semble être référencé en tant que fabricant de casseroles en laiton en France
cf. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6541637x.r=new+york.langFR.textePage.
Medal engraved on the edge with the name of P. Fontaine. The latter seems to be referenced as a manufacturer of brass pans in France cf. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6541637x.r=new+york.langFR.textePage
Historical background
GREAT-BRITAIN - VICTORIA
(20/06/1837-22/01/1901)
Victoria (1819-1901) was the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, and granddaughter of George III. She succeeded her uncle Guillaume IV in 1837 and married her cousin Albert, Prince of Saxe-Coburg in 1840, against her mother's advice. She had nine children by him but became a widow in 1861. While respecting the rules of the parliamentary system, she tried to impose her views in the field of foreign affairs. Her favourite, Disraeli, had her given the title of Empress of India in 1876. Respected and loved, active and authoritarian, Victoria appeared in her time as the symbol of imperialist England. His reign marks the height of British power.
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