Historical and Art Medals

Completion of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Philadelphia, 1864, a plated bronze medal by A.C. Paquet, frontal elevation of the Cathedral, rev. three-dimensional interior of the building, 80mm (cf. Garrett IV, 2122). Minor rim nicks, otherwise almost extremely fine and a most handsome architectural medal, rare (£120-150)

Illustrated on the Plates. The Garrett cataloguer refers to the reverse of this medal as ‘the handsomest ever issued in the United States and the most artistic and elaborate design ever cut by this celebrated engraver’