Historical Objects / Medals

Collection of Tyler Yates

Opening of the New Council Chamber, Guildhall

Engraver:
J. S. Wyon, A. B. Wyon
Year:
1884
Country:
Great Britain
Diameter:
77 mm
Obverse:
Londinia standing in front of the civic chair attended by Commerce and Magistracy addressing a council comprising Liberty, Liberality, and Learning. At the bottom, the Cap of Maintenance above an oak wreath and the City sword and Mace entwined with a ribband bearing the city motto.
DOMINE DIRIGE NOS
J. S. & A. B. WYON
Reverse:
The interior of the council chamber. To the left and right, supporters of the City arms amid scroll work. Below, a wreath of oak and the arms of the City.
THE NEW COUNCIL CHAMBER.
OPENED 2ND OCTOBER 1884.
GUILDHALL LONDON.
H. JONES ARCHITECT
J. S. & A. B. WYON SC.
References:
BHM 3177
Eimer 1705

This medal is part of the City of London series. 400 specimens were struck.

Guildhall is a municipal building in the Moorgate area of the City of London, England. It is off Gresham and Basinghall streets, in the wards of Bassishaw and Cheap. The building has been used as a town hall for several hundred years, and is still the ceremonial and administrative centre of the City of London and its Corporation. It should not be confused with London's City Hall, the administrative centre for Greater London.