A Guide to the Exhibition of English MedalsBritish Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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A Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals
British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
Medals -- Great Britain
341. Another. _Obv._ Busts, face to face, of King laur., in
armour and cloak, and Queen draped. MAIUS PAR NOBILE SCEPTRIS;
in ex., G. HENR. ET MAR. PR. AUR. M. BRIT. R. 1689. _Rev._
Britannia welcoming Belgia; same as obverse type of No. 328.
Silver. Size 2·3. Dutch.
342. Another. Festival at Amsterdam, 1689. _Obv._ King and
Queen seated facing, crowned, and in royal robes: each holds
sceptre and orb. GVILHELMVS ET MARIA REX ET REGINA. CORON.
APR. 11/21 1689. _Rev._ The Captain, Lieutenant, and Ensign of
the City Guard of Amsterdam standing facing; above, arms of
city; around, inscription in Dutch, stating that "on the day of
the coronation the guard was kept by the company of Barnard
Muikens." Silver. Size 2·35. Cast and chased. Dutch.
During the celebration of the coronation festivities at Amsterdam, the
protection of that city was committed to the company of the City Guard
under the command of Capt. Barnard Muikens, Lieut. John Althusius, and
Ensign Sylvester van Tongeren.
343. Peace restored to Britain, 1689. _Obv._ Busts jugate r.
of King, laur. and in armour, and Queen draped. GVILIELMVS
ET MARIA REX ET REGINA BRITANNIÆ. P. H. M. _Rev._ Britannia
holding scales and cross, cap of Liberty on pole and
cornucopiae, seated beside prow of ship, beneath rose and
orange trees intertwined within crown. AVREA FLORIGERIS
SUCCRESCUNT POMA ROSETIS; in ex., SECURITAS BRITANNIÆ
RESTITUTA. 1689. P. H. M.; on edge, EXTERNO MALE PRESSA IUGO
BRITANNIA PRIDEM IN PRISCAS ITERUM RESPIRAT LIBERA LEGES. (F.
K.) Silver. Size 2·15. By P. H. Müller.[23]
[23] Philip Heinrich Müller, born at Augsburg 1653, was by trade a
goldsmith. At an early age he practised die-cutting, and was employed
by F. Kleinert and K. G. Lauffer of Nuremberg to execute medals. He
appears to have worked for several years at Nuremberg, and afterwards
to have returned to his native city, where he died in 1718.
This medal represents England at peace, reposing under the protection
of William and Mary, symbolised by the rose and orange trees.
One of the series of medals issued at Nuremberg by F. Kleinert and K.
G. Lauffer, the Chief Warden of the Mint of that city. In this work a
large number of foreign as well as native medallists was employed.
344. William and Mary, 1689. _Obv._ Bust of King r., laur.,
in armour and cloak. INVICTISSIMVS GVILLELMVS MAG. _B. K._
(monogram) _F._ _Rev._ Bust of Queen l., draped. MARIA D. G.
MAG. BRIT. FRANC. &c. I. BOSKAM F. Silver. Size 2·35. By J.
Boskam.
Probably struck in Holland about the time of the coronation. Jan
Boskam, the artist, executed a large number of medals for William. He
subsequently worked at Berlin, where from information supplied by his
medals he was still residing in 1705.
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