Christ's Hospital School,
Christ's Hospital School, , silver badge, circa 1673, by J. Roettier, a Bluecoat boy encouraged by Arithmetic holding a tablet of figures, Astronomy wearing the petasus of Mercury and holding a sphere and Mathematics, a triangle and compasses; on the ground a mariner's compass and the lead. Above, two cherubs with caduceus and trumpet and two zephyrs propelling favourably the ships of England, AUSPICIO CAROL SECUNDI REGIS 1673 (UNDER THE AUSPICE OF CHARLES II KING), 81 mm, (MI 557/218), A good quality early silver example, about extremely fine. £Sold
These silver badges were struck for sewing to the coats of the 40 mathematical scholars of the nautical school - known as the Royal Mathematical Foundation - established within Christ's Hospital School (the Bluecoat school) in 1672 by Charles II.
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