A George III silver Badge for the ‘Brotherly Society.’
£2,350.00
The Brotherly Society.
An engraved George III silver Medal, by Hester Bateman, circa 1780. It is engraved on one side with two gentlemen clasping hands below the motto ‘The Brotherly Society’ and above the word ‘Love and Unity’. The reverse is engraved with a script monogram: ‘TIG’.
[See Davis and Waters for a second example. A third example is illustrated in D.S. Shure’s ‘Hester Bateman: Queen of Silversmiths’, published in 1959].
Description
Condition:
Good. Well toned.
Dimensions:
Length – 7.40 cm.; Width – 4.70 cm.; Thickness – 4.70 cm.; Thickness – 0.10 cm.; Wight – 17.30 gms.
