Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY INLAID COLLECTORS CABINET CONTAINING A LARGE COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, ASSEMBLED IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
ebony strung and with two carrying handles, eight lift-out trays and three exterior drawers; the collection of coins and medals in silver and base metal, including among others a group of late Roman bronze coins, and other coins after the antique, a James I sixpence, various presentation medals including a medal depicting Oscott College, a white metal medal commemorating the opening of the Thames Tunnel, a medal commemorating Napoleon's exile to St. Helena, and a medal by Rundell in honour of the coronation of George IV together with early 20th century casts of French Napoleonic medals (qty)
cabinet: 21.5cm. high, 36cm. wide, 25cm. deep; 8½in., 1ft. 2in., 9¾in.
Inventory, 1949, 'Sundry coin cabinets and a collection of coins' in the Drawing Room