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Lot:20032 Circa 1816 Halliday medal. Musante GW-57, Baker-70C. Copper, Bronzed. Plain rims. MS-64 (PCGS).

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Circa 1816 Halliday medal. Musante GW-57, Baker-70C. Copper, Bronzed. Plain rims. MS-64 (PCGS).53.8 mm. 1063.6 grains. An exceptionally attractive example of this classic and impressive medal. Deep chocolate and mahogany bronze surfaces with a trace of olive on some of the high points. The obverse fields retain nice reflectivity and are accented by soft blue iridescence. The reverse is only slightly less reflective. A trace of microscopic roughness is seen in some of the recesses and is suggestive of slightly imperfect bronzing, which would be an <em>“as made”</em> condition. Few marks are noted, and those that are seen are small, or in most cases, fortuitously positioned so as to be hard to find. One tiny exception is a mark in the left obverse field just above the shoulder, and a pair of tiny rim nicks on the reverse. As much as collectors desire handsome examples of this medal, all of this will be easily forgiven. The devices are crisply defined and satiny, and the overall aesthetic is impressive. The reverse shows evidence of two impressions from the dies to bring up the relief, but this is not visible on the obverse, suggesting that the reverse was the “hammer” or upper die.<p>The Halliday medals have traditionally been dated to circa 1816, but without any specific citations to prove same. This has recently been called into question with the proposal that Halliday’s fine work might actually be the original medal upon which John Reich’s work for the Joseph Sansom commission was based. Discussion of this theory is given in Neil Musante’s <em>Medallic Washington</em>, and some interesting points are made.<p>We have elected to order this sale by the Musante numbers and have followed that numeric order with the placement of the Halliday medals. Notwithstanding, we feel that the traditional assignment as to the date of production is proper and have maintained it here. The earliest medal by Thomas Halliday mentioned in L. Forrer’s 1904 reference, <em>Biographical Dictionary of Medallists</em>, is dated 1810. Though his is not intended as an exhaustive listing, just highlighted works, he gives Halliday’s active dates as 1810-1842, “or thereabout.” The exquisite styling of the Washington piece and the skill required for such a preparation does not suggest that it is the work of any other than an accomplished and experienced engraver. Halliday was very active between about 1812 and 1840, so anything that would predate Reich’s work would of necessity have been very early in his career, perhaps impossibly so. Of considerable interest to us is a series of large bronze medals he produced of famous persons, circa 1812-1816. Several are of similar size and, loosely, of similar style to the Washington medal. There are more than a half-dozen such designs from this time period easily found in a survey of his works and this evidence alone is substantial in dating the Washington work. Indeed, the medallic arts are <em>fine arts</em> and stylistic considerations are significant.Ex William Spohn Baker Collection, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania by bequest, November 15, 1897.

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