Northern Europe, United Kingdom, made in Birmingham ca. 1820 CE. A heavy copper medal. Charles Jones’s "Pantechnetheca", Gilt-metal Cliche Medal, made by Faulkner, showing on one side the facade of a classical building, labeled "REPOSITORY OF ALL THE ARTS". The other side shows the Three Muses. Size: 2.5" W (6.4 cm); 132.1 grams

The Pantechnetheca as a Regency-period building in Birmingham, located on New Street in what is still the heart of the city, buit by Charles Jones beginning in 1823. The architect was Thomas Stedman Whitwell, and the style Greek Revival. At the top, the name of the building was spelled out in large Greek letters. The building displayed and sold a selection of the city and surrounding region's best wares and artwork: "best Soho and Sheffield Plated Articles, with silver edges, fine Jewellery, Bronzery and Ormolu, in Lamps, Candlesticks, &c., Table and Fancy Cutlery, Papier Mache and Japan Trays and Waiters, fine Fowling Pieces, beautiful and rare specimens of Oriental China, elegant Cabinet and Tortoiseshell Work, in Dressing Cases, Writing Desks, Work Boxes, &c. and a great variety of other articles".

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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Dark matte patina. Excellent condition.