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Circular (wafer?) Box with medal inlaid in lid
medal | metalwork
bronze | oak
WOODEN BOX WITH MEDAL IN TOP
Set into the top of this box of turned oak is a medal with a view of the Abbey Church from the south west (before the nave was rebuilt). It is inscribed at the top ‘HEXHAM CHURCH BUILT BY WILFRID, AD 674.’ and below ‘M. Smith HEXHAM 1830’. This is one of three similar boxes in the Abbey collection all with different names, the latest dating from 1842. It is not known whether these were made as prizes or as special presentation items but others are known to exist elsewhere. The boxes are well made and the medals neatly inserted; it would be good to know more about them.
HEXAB2044
Turned oak box and lid, circular, with medal set into it, inscribed below view of church from SW (from cloister before nave rebuilt) similar to HEXAB2042: ‘M. Smith Hexham 1830’ with ‘Hexham Church built by Wilfrid 674’ around top of medal.
See also:– HEXAB2048 and HEXAB2199
HEXHAM CHURCH BUILT BY WILFRID, AD 674.
M. Smith
HEXHAM
1830
lower inscription italics
1830?
dia 110
Vestry



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