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Medal

Medal
1736 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This silver medal is from Jernegan's Lottery held in 1736. Each purchaser of a lottery ticker to win an engraved silver cistern was presented with one of these medals. The obverse shows Minerva with a spear and palm-branch standing between a pile of arms and emblems of the arts and sciences. The reverse shows Queen Caroline watering a grove of young palm- trees.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMedal
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Medal, Minerva with spear, Queen Caroline watering palm trees.
Physical description
Medal, silver, struck from a die. Jernegan's Lottery Medal, 1736. The obverse shows Minerva with a spear and palm-branch standing between a pile of arms and emblems of the arts and sciences. Rev., Queen Caroline watering a grove of young palm-trees. Obv. BOTH HANDS FILLED FOR BRITAIN; in the exergue, GEROEG REIGNING. Rev. GROWING ARTS ADORN EMPIRE: in the exergue, CAROLINE PROTECTING 1736. The queen is crowned and holds a sceptre in her right hand.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 1.5in
Object history
Bequeathed by Miss M.E. Waldo-Sibthorp.
Subjects depicted
Summary
This silver medal is from Jernegan's Lottery held in 1736. Each purchaser of a lottery ticker to win an engraved silver cistern was presented with one of these medals. The obverse shows Minerva with a spear and palm-branch standing between a pile of arms and emblems of the arts and sciences. The reverse shows Queen Caroline watering a grove of young palm- trees.
Bibliographic reference
List of Works of Art acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum during the Year 1902 arranged according to the Dates of Acquisition. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office. Wyman and Sons. 1906. pp.391
Collection
Accession number
1896-1902

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Record createdJune 10, 2009
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