Lot 142: A VICTORIAN SILVER CORONATION COMMEMORATIVE BEAKER, WILLIAM BATEMAN FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE & CO., LONDON, 1838

A VICTORIAN SILVER CORONATION COMMEMORATIVE BEAKER, WILLIAM BATEMAN FOR RUNDELL, BRIDGE & CO., LONDON, 1838
applied with silver-gilt clichés of the obverse and reverse of the Royal Mint's official coronation medal by Benedetto Pistrucci (1784-1855) within a bead and rail border and below the Royal crown, initialled RD above the date 9th July 1838, foot with gadroon border
11cm high, 191gr (6oz)
Queen Victoria's coronation took place on 28 June 1838 in Westminster Hall. Apparently, during the ceremony the Treasurer of the Household threw coronation silver medals to the crowds. The Queen had sat specially for the portrait (see V. & A. Museum No. A.6-1916). According to an advert in The Times, London, Friday, 13 July 1838, p.7e., the coronation medals were available to the public from Messrs. Rundell, Bridge & Co. and Messrs. Garrards.