Belgium, L’Artisan, c. 1925, uniface coal plaques after C. Meunier (2), miner holding pick-axe, looking right, factory chimney in background, both 195 x 148mm [2]. Extremely fine; one with hook on the back for suspension (£50-100)

Constantine Meunier (1831-1905), painter and sculptor from Etterbeek; he ranked, according to a note by Tristan Leclerc published posthumously in Revue universelle, 1905, among the ‘premier rang non seulement des sculpteurs belges’, following in the manner of Auguste Rodin and Jules Dalou