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| Crown Copyright The Royal Collection via The Royal Collection Trust Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Click image to enlarge. |
A circular box of tortoiseshell, this object boasts a cover with concave sides inset with a silver medal of Queen Anne in profile to the left. Her Majesty wears regalia and a crown. The medallion is inscribed, "Anna Dei Gratia Mag. Britan Fra. et Hib. Regina."
The box and medal were made to commemorate the union of England and Scotland in May of 1707. The reverse of the medal depicts a figure of Britannia engraved "Novae Palladium Troiae."
King Edward VII (1841-1910) was presented with this treasure by a now unknown party in 1907.
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| Crown Copyright The Royal Collection via The Royal Collection Trust Image Courtesy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Click image to enlarge. |
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