Description
GREAT BRITAIN 1801 Union of Great Britain and Ireland 38mm bronze medal 29.5 grams by J.G. Hancock and Peter Kempson BHM 526
Obverse: A thistle, rose and shamrock sprouting from a single stem, MAY THIS AND EVERY FUTURE AGE WITNESS THE PROSPERITY OF THE UNITED KINGDOMS - JANUARY.1.1801
Reverse: a figure of Time having dropped one hour glass, receives another from a celestial hand
John Gregory Hancock, British medallist and die-sinker of the latter part of the eighteenth century and first two decades of the nineteenth, circ. 1775-1815 ; resided at Birmingham, and owes his reputation to his skill as an Engraver of tokens. He worked for Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint, and later for P. Kempson.
