medal
- Museum number
- M.7373
- Description
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Silver medal. (whole)
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Britannia, with a harp on her knee, and Holland, with her lion at her feet, are holding up a cap of Liberty. (obverse)
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A British and a Dutch ship of war, sailing peaceably together upon a calm sea. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1654
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 60.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Rare.
This medal, struck in Holland, commemorates the peace lately concluded between Holland and Britain, and refers to the treaty of commerce and alliance by which the navigation of merchant vessels of the two countries was to be unmolested, and vessels of war of the one nation were to enter freely into the ports of the other.
See Van Loon, Gerard, ‘Histoire Métallique des XVII. Provinces des Pays-Bas’, 5 vol. La Haye, 1732-1837 (fol) [There is also an edition in Dutch, but with different paging], II. 371; Bizot, Pierre, ‘Histoire Métallique de la République de Hollande’, Paris, 1687 (new ed., 2 vol. Amsterdam, 1688, and Supl., 1690), p. 228.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Peace Treaty between Britain and Holland
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- M.7373
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: H41
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (415) (52)