The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals

Elizabeth Claypole, Memorial, 1658, a copper medal by J. Kirk after T. Simon, bust right, hair swept back and falling as curls to the side, wearing a single strand of pearls, rev. ann [sic] cleypole daughter of oliver cromwell within wreath, 34mm (Platt II, p.38, type C; MI I, 430/75; E 197); Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, a silvered copper medalet by J. Kirk for the Sentimental Magazine, bust left, rev. olivar cromwell 1658, 26mm (MI I, 435/86); together with a similar copper medalet for Queen Charlotte, 1773 [3]. Extremely fine, first and last with traces of original colour £150-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Dr Jerome J. Platt Collection of 17th-Century Medals.

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First Glendining Auction, 27-28 April 2000, lot 974; second Sotheby Auction, 16-18 May 1905, lot 303 (part)

The name Ann in the reverse inscription instead of Elizabeth would appear to be Kirk’s mistake.