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medal

  • Object type

  • Museum number

    1922,0407.251

  • Description

    Pewter medal.(obverse) Three-masted ship sailing right.

  • Producer name

  • Date

    • 1827

  • Production place

  • Materials

  • Dimensions

    • Diameter: 44 millimetres

  • Inscriptions

      • Inscription Type

        inscription

      • Inscription Position

        obverse

      • Inscription Content

        GLOUCESTER & BERKELEY CANAL

      • Inscription Type

        inscription

      • Inscription Position

        obverse

      • Inscription Content

        COMMENCED
        1793

      • Inscription Comment

        In exergue.

      • Inscription Type

        inscription

      • Inscription Position

        reverse

      • Inscription Content

        RESUMED
        UNDER THE AUSPICES
        OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
        THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
        15 JULY, A.D. 1818;
        AND COMPLETED
        26 APRIL
        1827

      • Inscription Comment

        In the field.

  • 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

    • Brown 1980 p320.1316 bibliographic details

  • Location

    Not on display

  • Subjects

  • Associated places

  • Associated events

    • Commemoration of: Completion of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, 1827

  • Acquisition name

  • Acquisition date

    1922

  • Department

    Coins & Medals

  • Registration number

    1922,0407.251

  • C&M Catalogue number

    • MB3p320.1316

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