medal

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Object Type
Museum number: SSB,224.5
Description: Bronze medal. (whole); Draped bust of Princess Charlotte with hair in fillet and decorated with roses, facing three-quarter right. (obverse); Britannia seated left weeping, by the British Lion and a broken column; urn and clouds with rays behind. (reverse)
Producer name: Designed by: Thomas Webb; Designed by: George Mills
Production date: 1817
Production place: Made in: British Isles
Materials
Dimensions: Diameter: 49.000 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Brown 1980 states: See notes to Brown 1 p97.409 and p219.906. Bibliography: Fiala, E. 'Münzen und Medaillen der Welfischen Lande', Prague, 1915, 5369 & 70.
Bibliographic references
Location: On display (G47/dc7/p1/no19)
Subjects: prince/princess; allegory/personification
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Princess Charlotte of Wales; Representation of: Britannia
Associated places: Emblem of: British Isles
Associated events: Commemoration of: Death of Princess Charlotte, 1817
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: SSB,224.5
C&M catalogue number: MB3 (Brown 1) (227) (940)

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