1807 Brass Calendar Medal by Peter Klempson.

Peter Kempson & James Kindon’s brass calendar medal for the year 1807 is a notable piece. Peter Kempson produced single-year calendar medals from 1796 to 1826. He worked independently as P. Kempson (1796-1801), in partnership with James Kindon as Kempson & Kindon (1802-1810), with his son as P. Kempson & Son (1810-1824), and finally as Kempson & Co (1824-1825).
A Birmingham button manufacturer, Kempson also created a wide range of tokens for collectors. The year 1807 is significant as it marks the passing of “An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade” in Parliament. Interestingly, the British Museum does not have an example of this medal for 1807, as noted in Ackerman’s “Calendar Medals in the British Museum,” published in The Medal, Autumn 2004.

Weight 18.11g
(ref:AHC148)