Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1488

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8 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£70

WORLD ART MEDALS France, “St. Genevieve Protegeant Paris”, yellow brass tripych by H. Dropsy, 1920, issued by Canale, St Genevieve as a child left, St. Genevieve watching over Paris right, St. Genevieve arriving at Paris in centre, 140 x 75mm, mounted on a medallic base (cf. Cat. Gen. V. S. Canale, c. 1930, p.8, 115-116). Extremely fine and rare, a relatively early work; lightly cleaned in the past (£80-100)