Auction Catalogue

17 December 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1460

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17 December 2007

Estimate: £40–£50

Denmark, Exposition Française d’Art Decoratif, Copenhagen, 1909, a plated bronze plaque by S.-E. Vernier for the Comité Français, coroneted bust of Queen Louise of Denmark right, rev. arms of France and Denmark, 65 x 47mm (PBE 947; BDM VI, 234; cf. BDW 38, 697). Brightly polished, very fine (£40-50)

Provenance:
A Good Collection of Art Medals, DNW Auction 50, 20 June 2001, lot 1184.

The Copenhagen Expo of decorative arts, which ran from 1 July to 7 September 1909, was the forerunner of the important Paris Expo of 1925