507. P r in c e J am e s and P r in c e s s L o u isa . 1697.
Busts of Prince James and his sister, the Princess Louisa,
facing each other in separate oval compartments, each within a
circle; the field is decorated with scroll-work. The Prince, r.,
hair drawn back upon the forehead, long behind, wears armour
and mantle fastened with brooch on the shoulder. The Princess,
I., hair hound with fillet, lovelock hanging down behind, wears
mantle fastened with brooches in front and on the shoulder.
No reverse.
2.
MB. At. . ' Very rare.
This is a thin plate of silver, technically called a shell,
and has evidently been intended for the top of a box. It is
described here on account of the portraits.
508. A n t h o n y L e e u w e n h o e k . 1698.
Bust of Leeuwenhoek, I., hair long, no drapery. Leg. a n t :
Le e u w e n h o e k r e g : so c ie t : a n g l : m em b ? (Anthony Leeuwenhoek,
Member of the Boyal Society of England.)
Rev. Beehive, rosebushes, &c.; distant view of Delft. Leg.
on a tablet, in t e n u i la b o r a t t e n u is non g l o r ia , v ir g . iv .
g e o r g . (The labour is on a trifling subject, but the glory is not
small.— Virg. Georg, iv. 6.)
2-15. Van Loon, IV. 281. Kluyskens, Vol. II. p, 135.
MB. electrotype from Hague, 2E. cast. Leyden, At. chased.
Stockholm, At. cast.
This medal was issued in 1698 in honour of this illustrious
naturalist and member of the Boyal Society of England, by
direction of Anthony Cink, professor of medicine at Louvain;
and, as Van Loon says that Cink himself sent it to him
from the Professor, it is probable that very few, perhaps only
one, were struck. No original specimens are known to exist,
those in collections being generally productions of later times,
and formed of two plates of silver, cast and chased. Leeuwenhoek
was horn at Delft in 1632, and died in 1723.
.509. N ew C o l l a r p r e s e n t e d to D u b l in . 1698.
Bust of William III., r., hair long, in armour and mantle
fastened with brooch on the shoulder. Leg. g v l ie lm v s . t e r -
TIVS . D . G . MAG . BRIT . ERAN . ET . HIB . REX. On truncation,
James R. F. (James Boettier fecit.)
Rev. Inscription, g v l ie lm v s i i i antiqvam e t f id e l e m
HIBERNI® METROPOLIN HOC INDVLGENTI® SV® MVNERE ORNA-
VIT . BARTH VAN HOMRIGH ARM . VRB . PR®TORE . MDCXCVIII.
(William III. decorated the ancient and loyal metropolis of
Ireland with this monument of his favour: Bartholomew Van
Homrigh, Esq., being Mayor of the city, 1698.)
3-3. (See Frontispiece.)
MB. At. Bodley, At. Hague, M gilt. Very rare.
The collar which Charles II. had presented to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin was carried off by Sir Michael Creagh
during the contest between William and James. In 1697,
Bartholomew Van Homrigh was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin,
and at his solicitation the King presented the city with a new
collar with one of these medals in gold appended; which were
at the time valued at one thousand pounds. This is one of the
finest medals executed by James, the second son of John
Boettier.
510. T h e F ir s t P a r t it io n T r e a t y , y y Oct. 1698.
The Golden Fleece suspended from a pomegranate-tree in
the midst of a palisaded inclosure guarded by a dragon.
Leg. v ig il a n s e l u d it h ia n t em . (His vigilance disappoints the
greedy one.)
Rev. Louis XIV. joining hands with William and three other
Princes over an altar, on which are several hearts, and at the
side a bust of Jupiter, with a pomegranate suspended round
his neck. It is inscribed, 1698 io v i h om o r io . (T o Jupiter,
the guardian of boundaries.) Leg. co nv en tu s a ugustorum
p r o . sal . p . (The Congress of Kings for the public security.)
1’9. Van Loon, IV. 289.
MB. electrotype from Brussels, At. Extremely rare.