A young gentleman formerly called Bonnie Prince Charlie, in gilt-studded armour with red lining, white cravat, powdered wig en queue, wearing the blue sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew; sky and cloud background

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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750
A young gentleman formerly called Bonnie Prince Charlie, in gilt-studded armour with red lining, white cravat, powdered wig en queue, wearing the blue sash and breast-star of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew; sky and cloud background
oval, 1 7/8 in. (48 mm.) high, gilt-metal brooch frame with outer beaded border and the Pingo silver medal suspended below

Provenance

Phillips, London, 20 May 1981, lot 213.
Phillips, London, 27 February 1985, lot 374.
Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1987, lot 60.

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Lot Essay

The small medal was struck by Thomas Pingo about 1750 and many of them were distributed by Bonnie Prince Charlie amongst his supporters (see E. Hawkins/A. Franks/H. Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britian & Ireland thru George II, London, 1978, II, p. 601, no. 253).

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