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№ 1512

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9 June 2016

Hammer Price:
£180

National Edition of Shakespeare’s Works, 1803, a copper-gilt Subscriber’s medal by C.H. Küchler for J. and J. Boydell, Shakespeare seated on rock, flanked by figures of Drama and Painting, rev. legend, edge impressed struck in the mint of m. boulton., 48mm (Pollard 28; BHM 553; E 950). Minor rim nicks, otherwise extremely fine, rare as a gilt specimen £100-150

Normally the name of the recipient would appear on the edge of the medal; this piece would appear to be a specimen or sample