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Enamelled Impressions Struck off from the Splendid Series of Medal Dies, Illustrative of the Holy Sc
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THOMASON (Sir Edward).
Enamelled Impressions Struck off from the Splendid Series of Medal Dies, Illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, Engraved by British Artists in the Employ of the Author, Sir Edward Thomason, of Birmingham, A Knight Chevalier of the Order of Merit of Francis the First of Naples and Sicily. A Chevalier of the Order of the Lion of William King of the Netherlands. A Chevalier of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and a Chevalier of the Order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain. The Allegory of the Medals is embodied from the productions of Domenichino, Raphael, Carracci, Leonardi di Vinci, Rubens, Guido, Michael Angelo, Titian, Rembrandt, Paul Veronese, Carlo Dolci, Corregio...
60 white enamel impressions of the obverse of the medals, each laid into a sheet with woodcut frames and borders, guarded by tissue, and faced by a page with the text taken from the reverse of the medals, within woodcut borders. Both volumes prefixed with a title and list of contents.
C. 1832
I have come across Vol 1 of the 2 volume set, the wooden covers are in bad shape but all the pages are there! Now the hunt for Vol2 begins!!!
Here is a sample
Enamelled Impressions Struck off from the Splendid Series of Medal Dies, Illustrative of the Holy Scriptures, Engraved by British Artists in the Employ of the Author, Sir Edward Thomason, of Birmingham, A Knight Chevalier of the Order of Merit of Francis the First of Naples and Sicily. A Chevalier of the Order of the Lion of William King of the Netherlands. A Chevalier of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, and a Chevalier of the Order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain. The Allegory of the Medals is embodied from the productions of Domenichino, Raphael, Carracci, Leonardi di Vinci, Rubens, Guido, Michael Angelo, Titian, Rembrandt, Paul Veronese, Carlo Dolci, Corregio...
60 white enamel impressions of the obverse of the medals, each laid into a sheet with woodcut frames and borders, guarded by tissue, and faced by a page with the text taken from the reverse of the medals, within woodcut borders. Both volumes prefixed with a title and list of contents.
C. 1832
I have come across Vol 1 of the 2 volume set, the wooden covers are in bad shape but all the pages are there! Now the hunt for Vol2 begins!!!
Here is a sample
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!
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My favorite part: "The first series from the Dies, in massive pure Silver, which His Majesty was most graciously pleased to accept."
I've gotta remember that for my ebay listings
So are they glued to the pages?
My wantlist & references
Stefanie
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Cathy
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but that it looked cool. thanks for posting more pictures.
stupid question, but what are the enamel impressions made from, resin, metal?
i see franklin mint makes a brass reproduction set, but they are nothing as nice as these.
<< <i>neat. i stumbled across that auction and was one of the underbidders. i didn't really know what it was
but that it looked cool. thanks for posting more pictures.
stupid question, but what are the enamel impressions made from, resin, metal?
i see franklin mint makes a brass reproduction set, but they are nothing as nice as these. >>
Ahhh, After I won the auction we realized they weren't the metal medals. They are a pressed paper covered in a think paint type substance. The seller and I didn't complete the auction, because they weren't medals. Then we worked out a price on the set.