Charles I

Charles I, Marriage to Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), cast gilt silver medallet, 1625, by Pierre Regnier, busts vis-à-vis, he wearing ruff collar, CH MAG ET HEN MA BRIT REX ET REG, rev., cupid scattering roses and lilies, FVNDIT AMOR LILIA MIXTA ROSIS, 21mm (MI 238/1; Eim.105: BMC [Jones] 101-104; Platt I, type A, pp. 115-16), mounted as pendant in roped border with suspension loop and ring. Very fine, the gilding and mount believed contemporary.

Provenance: Bt. Lion Passant [Exeter], September, 2000.