Arts & Crafts, including the Aesthetic Movement - 22nd June 2011

Lot 417

'Queen Mary' a bronze medallion by Gilbert Bayes

Estimate £140 - £180 | Hammer £360

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Description

'Queen Mary' a bronze medallion by Gilbert Bayes, for the maiden voyage 1936, struck by the Royal Mint, starboard view of the ship with leaping dolphins in the sea, the reverse with New York skyline inside the old Bargate arch at Southampton, in green leather case, 7cm. diam. Literature L Brown British Historical Medals Volume III, London 1995 no.4282