Auction Catalogue

8 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 1410

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8 September 1999

Estimate: £80–£100

WORLD ART MEDALS France, Scenes Animalières, four small uniface bronze plaquettes, c. 1885-1890, signed RL (Raoul Larche) in monogram ( 2), and 38 x 35mm (2), mounted on felt covered board (cf. Pierre Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIX, p. 407 & 83) [4]. Extremely fine, very rare (£80-100)

Raoul Larche (1860-1912), worked with Jouffroy and Falguiere, 2nd prize Rome, 1886; “un des representants les plus marquants de l’art nouveau”, famous for his Loïe Fuller.