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

ENGLAND, Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London, 1908, a gilt-bronze award medal by F. Bowcher for Vaughton, seated figures of France and Britannia encouraged into an alliance by a standing figure of Peace, rev. female figure standing in front of the exhibition buildings in White City, named (Burroughs Wellcome & Co, London E.C), 51mm, 60.94g (Allen Pt 3; BHM 3960; BDM VII, 106; E 1903b). Test mark in obverse edge at 1 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck; in green gilt-blocked case of issue £40-£50

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

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bt Simmons, August 2003

Burroughs Wellcome & Co of Snow Hill, London, were pharmacists, established in 1880 by Silas Mainville Burroughs (1846-95) and Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), and now form part of GlaxoSmithKline. The Franco-British Exhibition, held between 14 May and 31 October 1908, attracted 8 million visitors and celebrated the Entente Cordiale between the two countries signed in 1904.