Cathedral Medal............

Knell · July 6, 2019 10:38AM

My 3rd Joseph Davis Medal. My first one is a bronze Lichfield Cathedral, then a white metal Oxford Cathedral, and this one York Cathedral…..

Still can't find much info on Joseph Davis medals on the net.

thanks.

rwyarmch · July 6, 2019 1:52PM

Check out this site for a writeup on medals by Joseph Davis.
https://archive.org/details/ForrerVol1/page/n589
Forrer produced a multi-volume Biography of Medallists that is available on the web.

Your Lichfield cathedral medal is listed as #2370 in Volume II of Laurence Brown's_ British Historical Medals_ and Oxford is #2372. Many more of his medals are pictured in Brown's work beginning with Volume I (including a York Cathedral medal by Davis produced in 1836-#1701). I'm not aware that Brown's volumes are available on the web however.

rwyarmch

Knell · July 6, 2019 7:40PM

@rwyarmch Thanks for the info

rwyarmch · July 6, 2019 9:15PM

You may come across these in copper as well. The only J. Davis piece I have is BHM # 2368 in Brown's reference, Ely Cathedral. It's actually not a medal at all but rather a pair of electrotypes joined at the edge and (originally) mounted under glass.

Cathedral Medal............

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