Total weight of piece is 16.2g. Chain is marked 'sterling'. William III Shilling 1696 (REF: S.3497) professionally mounted on sterling silver mount and chain. Legend of mount inscribed "TREASURE FROM 'ASSOCIATION' 1707" (See Photo 4). The chain and mount show a handsome antique patina in VF condition. Coin in gF. Includes a small jewellery box. The coin was likely mounted sometime after the Sotheby's sale* in the late 60s-early 70s. There is no accompanying documentation to guarantee the coin was recovered from Association but the piece shows wear, style, and condition consistent with other verified similar examples online** and my assessment of the piece is that it is authentic.
*See Sotheby's, Treasure Recovered from the Site of HMS Association, London, 14 July 1969. 80.05 grams total, box 85 x 65mm. Recovered from HMS Association shipwreck, sank Gilstone Rock, Isles of Scilly, 1707; pendant mount added later.
**See TimeLine Auctions February 2017 Antiquities & Coins Auction Lot 1238
This piece is ex. Noonans Mayfair, London.
HMS Association was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1697. She served with distinction at the capture of Gibraltar, and was lost in 1707 by grounding on the Isles of Scilly in the greatest maritime disaster of the age. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England. The wreck site was rediscovered in 1964 by the Naval Air Command Sub Aqua Club. Members of the club recovered gold coins, a bronze cannon and many other artefacts from the Association site.
More than 2,000 coins and other artefacts recovered from the wreck site were auctioned by Sotheby’s in July 1969.
Total weight of piece is 16.2g. Chain is marked 'sterling'. William III Shilling 1696 (REF: S.3497) professionally mounted on sterling silver mount and chain. Legend of mount inscribed "TREASURE FROM 'ASSOCIATION' 1707" (See Photo 4). The chain and mount show a handsome antique patina in VF condition. Coin in gF. Includes a small jewellery box. The coin was likely mounted sometime after the Sotheby's sale* in the late 60s-early 70s. There is no accompanying documentation to guarantee the coin was recovered from Association but the piece shows wear, style, and condition consistent with other verified similar examples online** and my assessment of the piece is that it is authentic.
*See Sotheby's, Treasure Recovered from the Site of HMS Association, London, 14 July 1969. 80.05 grams total, box 85 x 65mm. Recovered from HMS Association shipwreck, sank Gilstone Rock, Isles of Scilly, 1707; pendant mount added later.
**See TimeLine Auctions February 2017 Antiquities & Coins Auction Lot 1238
This piece is ex. Noonans Mayfair, London.
HMS Association was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1697. She served with distinction at the capture of Gibraltar, and was lost in 1707 by grounding on the Isles of Scilly in the greatest maritime disaster of the age. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England. The wreck site was rediscovered in 1964 by the Naval Air Command Sub Aqua Club. Members of the club recovered gold coins, a bronze cannon and many other artefacts from the Association site.
More than 2,000 coins and other artefacts recovered from the wreck site were auctioned by Sotheby’s in July 1969.
