Object Number 1967.0615

Object Name

Medal (Peace medal)

Title

Georgius II Dei Gratia or Treaty of Easton Medal

Category

Metals

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Joseph Richardson Sr. (Maker)
9/17/1711-1784

Edward Duffield (Engraver)
1720-1801

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Struck as a peace medal.

Secondary Place of Origin

Potosi, Bolivia, South America

Secondary Origin Notes

Silver coin originally struck in the Spanish colonial mint of Potosi or Mexico City. Previous cataloguer thought England as a George II silver shilling.

Date

1757

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Reverse, over striking the date at groundline; "WG" stamped in a rectangle
2. Inscription; Obverse, conforming to edge; "GEORGIUS . II . DEI . GRATIA." struck in capital letters
3. Inscription; Reverse, encircling inner edge; "[LET US] LOOK TO THE MOST HIGH WHO BLESSED OUR FATHERS WITH PE[ACE]"
4. Inscription; Reverse, under groundline; "J7[5]7" [for 1757] struck in die, but overstruck by "WG"

Subjects

Native American; Quaker; Society of Friends; American Indian; Monarchs and nobility; George II; Government

Materials

Silver

Techniques

Struck

Dimensions (inches)

0.079 (H) , 1.732 (Diam) , 0.8642 (Weight)

Dimensions (centimeters)

0.2 (H) , 4.4 (Diam) , 24.5 (Weight)

Measurement Notes

Diameter of suspension hole is 1/8 inch (.125 inch). The weight printed in Quimby, page 426 is inaccurate. Analyzed 6/21/1973: Obverse = 92.41% silver, 7% copper, .23% gold, .18% lead. Reverse = 91.69% silver, 7.58% copper, .29% gold, .24% lead. Complete results in object file. The standard weight and purity of a pre-1757 silver 8 Reale should be compared to this medal's weight of 378.1 grains (15.7 dwt troy or (24.5 grams).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Quimby, Ian M. G. 1995 American Silver at Winterthur.
• Published: pp. 426-427, no. 442
[Book] Belden, Louise C. 1980 Marks of American Silversmiths in the Ineson-Bissell Collection. 506 p.
• Information on the maker and examples of marks, pp. 356-357.
[Book] Fales, Martha Gandy. 1974 Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths.
• Information on the Richardson family of Philadelphia.