medal
- Museum number
- 1873,1009.1
- Description
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Oval gold medal; cast and chased; rings for suspension. (whole)
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Bust of Charles I, right, hair long, in falling lace collar, doublet buttoned close, riband to suspend medal, and scarf across the breast. (obverse)
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Bust of Henrietta Maria, left, hair flat at the top, curly at the sides, drawn through a small coronet behind, and tied into a bow, pearl necklace and pendant, figured bodice with brooch in front, bust terminated in drapery. Fleur-de-lis. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1649
- Dimensions
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Height: 38.000 millimetres
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Width: 29.000 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states:
Somewhat rare.
This piece has a ring at top and bottom, and sometimes a small corded border, or the usual wreath border. It is cast and chased, but only so far as is necessary to remove the roughness of the cast surface.
The bust of Charles on the obverse is similar to registration no. M.7252 (Medallic Illustrations 1, published in 1885, states: p353.213) but with no lovelock.
This medal was a badge evidently intended to be worn about the person of friends or partisans of the monarch. They are of various sizes and workmanship, and were executed at various times; some evidently worn as ornamental or honourable decorations conferred for services performed, others to be concealed as tacit memorials of the royal person or cause, where an open avowal of such attachment would have been troublesome or dangerous to the wearer.
See Pinkerton, J., ‘The Medallic History of England to the Revolution’, London, 1790 (fol.), xiv. 5.
- Location
- On display (G46/dc11/p2/no1)
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Memorial of Charles I
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1873,1009.1
- C&M catalogue number
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MB1 (Medallic Illustrations 1) (354) (215)