^Lot 1588 Great Britain, silver-plated copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and Ogle and Wentworth

Great Britain, silver-plated copper alloy Admiral Vernon medal, 1741, Vernon and Ogle and Wentworth / Cartagena, ex-Ford, ex-Adams (Plate). AC-CAvow2B. 14.33 grams; 39 mm. Very sharply detailed UNC with wide double rims and raised edge, spot of toning above Vernon but otherwise still fully silver in color, scarce variety in which AC says "Wentworth appears like a clown, a rendition that must have been deliberate, demonstrating a not-so-subtle bias," desirable additional pedigree. XRF: 45.21% zinc, 45.10% copper, 6.49% silver, 2.56% lead. Pedigreed to the John Adams Collection (with his handwritten tag) and to the John J. Ford Jr. Collection (Stack's auction of January 2006, with original lot-tag 574, plated on page 176 of Medallic Portraits of Admiral Vernon (2010), by Adams and Chao.