Presentation case
by or after Thomas Pingo, the younger (1714-1776)
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1766
Materials
Bronze, Gilt, Leather, Silk, Velvet
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429261.2
Summary
Red-brown leather presentation case lined with blue velvet and silk, exterior inscribed in gold 'W. P./ 1766.' Holds bronze commemorative medal (429261.1). On obverse, head of William Pitt facing left and inscribed 'Gvlielmvs Pitt'. Reverse inscribed 'The man/ who having/ saved the/ parent pleaded/ with success/ for her/ children'.
Makers and roles
by or after Thomas Pingo, the younger (1714-1776), artist