Wyon and Pineapples

harasha

Did that get your attention? Heh, heh.

Posting this medal as it is not the usual fare that we see with Wyon medals.
I input the awardee's name to the Google website and interestingly, I got a hit. Mr. Floud actually was an authority on the cultivation of pineapples.

JCMhouston

That's very cool harasha.

Zohar

Very cool.

Iosephus

Very nice!

STLNATS

Very attractive piece - not unexpected for a Wyon design I suppose - and love it when you can find background on the recipient. Makes it come alive and more significant than just the medal by itself. And the tie to pineapples is a hoot. Congrats!

PatAR

An attractive design to be sure. And, frankly, until now I had not thought about pineapple being grown in South Wales. Neat!

asheland

lordmarcovan

Awesome- another great botanical design.

"Wyon and Pineapples" made me think of the Barbadoes (sic) pennies, though now that I think of it, those were probably considerably pre-Wyon. They do happen to be the first numismatic pineapples that come to my head, though.

To cultivate pineapples in London, surely one must have needed a greenhouse?

harasha

I do not know if anyone in London was cultivating pineapples at the time. However, PatAR is on point with Mr. Floud. Dowlais and Aberdare are noted in his references.