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Object type
Museum number
1922,0407.251
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Description
Pewter medal.(obverse) Three-masted ship sailing right.
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Producer name
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Date
- 1827
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Production place
- Made in: British Isles
- (Europe,British Isles)
- Made in: British Isles
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Materials
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Dimensions
- Diameter: 44 millimetres
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Inscriptions
Inscription Type
inscriptionInscription Position
obverseInscription Content
GLOUCESTER & BERKELEY CANAL
Inscription Type
inscriptionInscription Position
obverseInscription Content
COMMENCED
1793Inscription Comment
In exergue.
Inscription Type
inscriptionInscription Position
reverseInscription Content
RESUMED
UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
15 JULY, A.D. 1818;
AND COMPLETED
26 APRIL
1827Inscription Comment
In the field.
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Curator's comments
Brown 1980 states:
This canal was completed as a direct result of the passing of the Poor Employment Act of 1817. This Act enabled the Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioners to lend money for works that would employ the poor. See Charles Hadfield, 'The Canal Age'.Bibliography: Sandwich, The Rt. Hon. the Earl of. 'British and Foreign medals relating to naval and maritime affairs', 2nd ed., London, 1950, PP/20.
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Bibliography
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Location
Not on display
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Subjects
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Associated places
- Named in inscription: Gloucester
- (Europe,United Kingdom,England,Gloucestershire,Gloucester)
- Named in inscription: Berkeley
- (Europe,United Kingdom,England,Gloucestershire,Berkeley (Gloucestershire))
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Associated events
- Commemoration of: Completion of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, 1827
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Acquisition name
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Acquisition date
1922
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Department
Coins & Medals
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Registration number
1922,0407.251
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C&M Catalogue number
- MB3p320.1316
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