medal
- Museum number
- 1837,1030.24
- Description
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Gold medal. (whole)
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Half-length figures of bridegroom and bride facing, their right hands united; his left hand upon a book, his head encircled with roses; hers crowned. Above, celestial rays. (obverse)
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A wreath of roses enclosing an inscription. (reverse)
- Production date
- 16thC
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 55.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
This rare medal owes its place here solely to its having been supposed to commemorate the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, a supposition grounded only upon the introduction of roses into the device and legend. Ducarel has wasted much learning in endeavouring to prove that it was struck by John of Gaunt on his marriage with Constance of Castile. In fact it is one of a series of medallions, of similar style, supposed to have been made by some goldsmiths at Prague towards the close of the 16th century. (See Köhler, VI. 138.) Most of the specimens in this series are cast, but in the Copenhagen cabinet is one of the Empress Leonora, which has evidently been struck and appears to he nearly contemporary.
See Perry, Francis, ‘A Series of English Medals’, London, 1762, front. Van Mieris, Frans, ‘Histori der Nederlandsche Vorsten’, &c., Gravenhaage, I. 174. Köhler, Johann David, ‘Historische Münz-Belustigung’, Nürnberg, XII. front.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
- Acquisition date
- 1837
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1837,1030.24
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (19) (1)