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Medals & Decorations

The Ashmolean Museum has a very good collection of British historical medals, dating from the Tudor period to the present day, with particularly high concentrations for the 18th and 19th centuries. Its continental and world holdings are very diverse, with some particularly significant medals of the Italian Renaissance; Germany and the Low Countries in the Renaissance and Baroque age; the papacy; etc. The decorations are mostly British and date from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

British medal (HCR95797)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / SOULE OF THE AGE / THE APPLAUSE DELIGHT / THE WONDER OF OUR STAGE / MY SHAKESPEARE RISE / BEN JONSON / GLOBE THEATRE / SWAN THEATRE / P. VINCZE, bust of William Shakespeare within a roundel, facing; flanked by roundels with bird's eye views of the Globe and Swan Theatres; below, the masks of Comedy and Tragedy; quotation by Ben Jonson; above, "William Shakespeare" in the form of a banner

Reverse

RICHARD THE SECOND / P. VINCZE, scene from "Richard the Second"

British medal (HCR95798)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

A MIDSUMMER / NIGHT'S DREAM / P. VINCZE, scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

British medal (HCR95799)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF / KING JOHN / P. VINCZE, scene from "The Life and Death of King John"

British medal (HCR95800)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

THE MERCHANT / OF VENICE / P. VINCZE, scene from "The Merchant of Venice"

British medal (HCR95801)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

KING HENRY IV / PART I / P. VINCZE, scene from "King Henry IV Part I"

British medal (HCR95802)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

KING HENRY IV / PART II / P. VINCZE, scene from "King Henry IV Part II"

British medal (HCR95803)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

MUCH ADO ABOUT / NOTHING / P. VINCZE, scene from "Much Ado About Nothing"

British medal (HCR95809)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

P. VINCZE / HENRY THE FIFTH, scene from "Henry the Fifth"

British medal (HCR95810)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

P. VINCZE / JULIUS CAESAR, scene from "Julius Caesar"

British medal (HCR95811)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

AS YOU LIKE IT / P. VINCZE, scene from "As You Like It"

British medal (HCR95812)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

TWELFTH NIGHT / P. VINCZE, scene from "Twelfth Night"

British medal (HCR95813)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

HAMLET / PRINCE OF DENMARK / P. VINCZE, scene from "Hamlet"

British medal (HCR95814)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

THE MERRY WIVES OF / WINDSOR / P. VINCZE, scene from "The Merry Wives of Windsor"

British medal (HCR95815)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

P. VINCZE / TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, scene from "Troilus and Cressida"

British medal (HCR95816)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

MEASURE FOR MEASURE / P. VINCZE, scene from "Measure for Measure"

British medal (HCR95817)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

OTHELLO / THE MOOR OF VENICE / P. VINCZE, scene from "Othello"

British medal (HCR95818)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

KING LEAR / P. VINCZE, scene from "King Lear"

British medal (HCR95819)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

P. VINCZE / MACBETH, scene from "Macbeth"

British medal (HCR95820)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

ANTONY / AND / CLEOPATRA / P. VINCZE, scene from "Antony and Cleopatra"

British medal (HCR95821)

Period

Modern

Person

William Shakespeare, Paul Vincze

Dating

1960-1972

Obverse

Reverse

CORIOLANUS / P. VINCZE, scene from "Coriolanus"