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№ 990

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3 April 2014

Hammer Price:
£20

Medals, Curaçao, Centenary of S.E.L. Maduro & Sons, 1937, a bronze medal by O. Ruotolo for Medallic Art Co, New York, facing bearded bust of Salomon Maduro in frock coat, sea behind with anchor and dolphin, rev. Dutch-style building with, to the fore, Mercury seated right, with sailing cog and cornucopia, native family to left, 76mm (cf. DNW M11, 1525). Extremely fine £50-70

The medal is listed by David T. Alexander, ‘Medallic Art of Onorio Ruotolo’, The MCA Advisory, August 2007, pp 8-13. Salomon Maduro (1814-83), a self-made man, was one of a small number of successful Jewish merchants trading in the Caribbean. The company he founded still flourishes