The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part II)

SPAIN, Exposición Universal de Barcelona [Barcelona Universal Exhibition], 1888, a gilt-bronze medal by E. Arnau y Mascot for Castells, conjoined busts of Maria Cristina and Alfonso XIII left, rev. Fame to right, blowing trumpet, winged cherub holding tablet without legend at left, panoply of the exhibition grounds below, 50mm, 59.65g (Crusafont 760a; BDM VII, 26; cf. Hervera 1134, 4256). About extremely fine; with crown and ring for suspension £30-£40

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Bt E. Preiswerk May 2010.

The Barcelona Universal Exposition, Spain’s first international world’s fair, was staged at the city’s Ciutadella Park from 8 April to 9 December 1888; it was opened by Maria Cristina and the boy king Alfonso XIII, and attracted some 2 million visitors