SINCONA British Collection - Part 6
(British Gold and Silver Medals)
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George III. 1760-1820. Silver Medal 1817, 52.41 g. Death of Princess Charlotte. By T. Webb and G. Mills. Bust, draped, hair decorated with roses. H . R . H . PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AUGUSTA. In exergue: BORN JAN 7 1796 . MARRIED MAY 2 . 1816. Rv. Britannia seated mournfully beside a funerary urn. DIED NOV . VI MDCCCXVII. In exergue: WEEP BRITAIN THOU HAST LOST THE EXPECTANCY AND ROSE OF THE FAIR STATE. Plain edge. 49.7 mm. Eimer 1097. BHM 940. Fast vorzüglich / About Extremely Fine. Randschlag und zaponiert / Edge nick and lacquered.
Purchased from S & B, Amersham, July 1991, lot M26.
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (19 May 1744 - 17 November 1818) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818. As George's wife, she was also Electress of Hanover until becoming Queen of Hanover on 12 October 1814. Charlotte was Britain's longest-serving queen consort, serving for 57 years and 70 days. The Queen died in the presence of her eldest son, the Prince Regent, who was holding her hand as she sat in an armchair at the family's country retreat, Dutch House in Surrey (now known as Kew Palace).