Percy Metcalfe, CVO, RDI, was an English artist, sculptor and designer.
13 Facts About Percy Metcalfe
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Percy Metcalfe is recognised mostly for his coin designs and his contribution to the Ashtead Pottery Collection.
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Percy Metcalfe was born on 14 January 1895 and died on 9 October 1970 in Fulham, London.
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Percy Metcalfe moved to sculpting and designing objects as an art form at the Royal College of Art in London.
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Percy Metcalfe designed the first coinage of the Irish Free State in 1928.
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Percy Metcalfe was chosen out of six designers as the winner of the reverse design of the Irish Free State's currency.
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Percy Metcalfe's design based on the Trinity College harp was adopted as the basis for the Great Seal of the Irish Free State in 1923 and has remained the model for all official representations of the harp emblem on seals of state, Irish coinage and the coat of arms.
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In 1936, Percy Metcalfe designed the obverse crowned effigy of Edward VIII for overseas coinage which was approved by the King, but none was minted for circulation before Edward's abdication that December.
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Percy Metcalfe was immediately assigned to produce a similar crowned portrait of King George VI for overseas use.
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Percy Metcalfe produced designs for coinage of several countries including Ireland and Australia.
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Percy Metcalfe created a portrait of King George V which was used as the obverse for coins of Australia, Canada, Fiji, Mauritius, New Zealand and Southern Rhodesia.
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Percy Metcalfe created a British Jubilee crown piece, which was exhibited in the Leeds College of Art in November 1946.
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Percy Metcalfe produced many designs for Ashtead Pottery between 1923 and 1936.