John Sigismund Tanner (c.1704-41)
Jernegan's Lottery Medal, silver 1736
RCIN 443231
This medal was offered as a souvenir to ticket holders for a lottery in 1736. The prize was a huge silver wine cooler, and all proceeds went towards rebuilding Westminster Bridge. The reverse of the medal shows Queen Caroline watering palm trees, a symbol for the ‘green shoots’ of knowledge.
Cat. 188
