Object details
Accession number
M33w1
Creators
Full title
Medal of Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales
Creation Date
1888
Provenance
Possibly cast as a commemorative medal of the 1888 silver jubilee of Princess Alexandra's marriage to the Prince of Wales.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Feodora Gleichen through the novelist and poet Charles Hamilton Aidé (1826–1906) for £2 on 7 July 1894.
Marks
Inscribed (obverse): ALEXANDRA WALLIAE PRINCIPISSA
Signed (obverse, under the shoulder): FG
Dimensions
7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Display Media
Bronze
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Vatichino
Bibliography
Philip Attwood. "The Slade Girls." 'The British Numismatic Journal 56 (1986), p. 157, 173, no. 60.
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