medal
- Museum number
- G3,IP.264
- Description
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Cast pewter medal. (whole)
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Bust of Charles II de Cossé, duc de Brissac, right wearing armour, a sash and the cross of the Order of the Holy Spirit. (obverse)
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A saw cutting through a mountain, surrounded by a laurel wreath. (reverse)
- Production date
- 18thC (aftercast)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 43.50 millimetres (excluding rim)
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Diameter: 47.500 millimetres
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Weight: 29.20 grammes
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Thickness: 4.40 millimetres (at rim)
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Thickness: 4 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Jones 2
A, probably eighteenth century, after cast. The reverse refers to the arms of the family (three saws) and the perseverance of the man.
The medal must date from after 1611 when de Cossé (d. 1621) was made a duke and a peer (he had been a Maréchal de France since 1594).
Close in size and fabric to the medals of Henri de Foix and Henri de Rohan (see registration nos. G3,IP.1138 and G3,FrM.877).
Other examples:
(a) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Bodley Foreign Medals 141, bronze, 45 mm. Pierced, aftercast.
(b) Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque Nationale, 58 rue de Richelieu, 75084 Paris, France (BN, Paris), Sér. Icon. Fr. 230, cast and chased silver, 47.5 (43.5) mm.
(c) BN, Paris, Sér. Icon. Fr. 231, cast bronze, 47 (43.5) mm.
Bibliography:
1. Pinard Chronologie Historique-Militaire II, pp. 375-380.
2. T.N. Méd. Fr. I pl. 44, no 7.
3. Mazerolle II, no. 437.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1825
- Department
- Coins and Medals
- Registration number
- G3,IP.264
- C&M catalogue number
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MF2 (Jones 2) (284) (323)
