Mary

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587; Queen 1542-1567), and François, Dauphin of France, an electrotype copy by Robert Ready of a silver jeton, 1553, by Nicolas Emery, an F M monogram, crowned, stars either side, DILIGITE IVSTICIAM, rev., crowned shield of the arms of Scotland, DELICIE DNI COR HVMILE, 28.5mm (MI 65/5; Burns, II, 344-346, pl. LXVI/916), the edge stamped RR. Very fine.

The RR stamp for Robert Cooper Ready (1811-1901). In 1859 the British Museum hired Ready, a sealmaker, to make copies of coins, medals, seals and gems in their collections.

Provenance: Dix, Noonan, Webb auction, 19 June, 2002 (lot 710), where not stated to be electrotype.