1805 Eccleston Medal. Bronze. 75.66 mm. Musante GW-88, Baker-85. Choice About Uncirculated.This is an imposing Washington medal, offered here in nearly Mint State quality. Pleasingly toned in medium brown, with swirls of autumn-brown and russet on both sides. The fields are subtly semi-reflective, and offer faint undertones of iridescent powder blue, pink and lilac. The overall appearance is smooth and the eye appeal is strong, with only a faint hairline in the left obverse field, a tiny spot before Washingtons nose and two well concealed spots on the reverse. The planchets for these large medals were, of necessity, cast, and specimens normally exhibit porous surfaces. That natural planchet porosity is present on this piece, but it is subdued and on first inspection, seemingly confined to the reverse around and above the Native Americans portrait; it does not interfere with the medals luster. The typical die crack at the center right of the reverse is present. Quaker eccentric Eccleston combined his admiration of Washington with his lifelong advocacy of Native American rights in this bold design that is numbered among the finest early medallic portraits of Washington.From the Q. David Bowers Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merenas) Phillip Flannagan Collection sale, November-December 2001, lot 5375. Collector tag with attribution and provenance notes included.