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8 September 1999
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WORLD ART MEDALS France, Architecture, Palais du Louvre, 1874, uniface bronze meda by Merley, 71mm (BDM p. 43); Arc de Triomphe, La Marseillaise (detail), bronze plaquette by Dubois after Rude and Kautsch, 50 x 68mm [2]. Extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £30
France, Fontenay Sous-Bois (Seine) 28 Juillet 1878, silver gilt presentation medal, by Blondelet, head of France right, reverse engraved in centre ‘La Francais Ste. de Gymnastique à E. Henry President souvenir d’amité’, set within an elaborate laurel wreath border, ring for suspension, and blue white and red ribbon, 50mm. Very fine to extremely fine (£50-70)
£50–£70
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1878, bronze prize medal by Chaplain, named, 68mm, in original red leather case (cf. PBE p. 10, 48). Extremely fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £40
France, Société des Agriculteurs de la drome, Concours Agricole, undated silver prize medal, perhaps c. 1880, 36mm, head of France or possibly Ceres right, reverse legend and wreath, 37mm. Good extremely fine, nicely toned, with a charming portrait (£20-25)
Hammer Price: £25
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “Lion”, large uniface cast bronze medallion, unsigned, lion walking left, 160mm. Extremely fine (£70-90)
£70–£90
France, Uniface 19th century decorative cast bronze plaquette, c. 1880, griffons, cherubs, floral decoration, etc., perhaps intended to decorate furniture, 433 x 62mm. Extremely fine (£170-200)
£170–£200
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Henri Regnault (painter), a large and fine uniface bronze portrait medal by Degeorge, 1881, 120mm. Extremely fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £75
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)
£80–£100
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Mr Duhem, large electrotype bronze portrait medallion by H. Lefebvre, signed ‘A mon ami Duhem — Lefebvre 1885’, 190mm. Extremely fine (£70-90)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Science & Industry, a group of four bronze medals: Centenary of E. Chevreul, 1886, by Roty, 70mm; Sydicat General de la Construction Electrique, undated, by Pillet, 68mm, named; Prof, Menetrier, by Prud’homme, 1923, 71 x 56mm plaquette; Office National Meteorologique, undated, by Becker, uniface plaquette 80 x 55mm [4]. Very fine or better, and all of excellent work (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Franco-prussian war (1870-1871), Ecole des Beaux-Arts bronze memorial, 1887, medal by Degeorge, France standing adorning fallen soldier with laurel branch, reverse view of monument, 80mm (CGMP III, p. 122). Extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £60
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Exposition universelle, Paris, 1889, Iron Souvenir medal, signed on reverse J. H. P., Paris, facade of Exhibition pavilion, 85mm. Very fine to extremely fine (£35-45)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Exposition universelle, Paris, 1889, Iron Souvenir medal, signed on reverse J. H. P., Paris, bird’s eye view of Exhibition, Eiffel Tower in foreground, 85mm. Very fine to extremely fine (£35-45)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “Exposition universelle”, 1889, for the Centenary of the Revolution, silvered bronze souvenir medal, unsigned, within coiled roped border, 60mm. Good very fine, scarce (£30-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, International Exhibitions, group of three bronze medals: 1889, Paris, by Daniel-Dupuis; Ireland, 1865, Dublin (For Services), by Geefs, Brussels, 76mm; Romania, 1906, Bucharest, unsigned, 61mm [3]. Very fine or better (£40-50)
France, Société de Topographie de France, silver Art Nouveau prize medal by Daniel-Dupuis, c. 1890, bust of France right, reverse legend, matt finish, 70mm. (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £35
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Bacchanalia, 19th Century uniface cast bronze decorative plaque, unsigned, two seated cherubs eating grapes, a third standing to left caressing the hair of one cherub, a fawn holding the sacred vase scampering to the right, celebrating the cult of Dionysos, dark patina, 164 x 90mm, in a wooden frame (236 x 160mm). Extremely fine (£180-220)
Hammer Price: £220
France, Alexandra, 1870-1891, large unsigned cast bronze medallion, unsigned, with loop at back to facilitate display, 116mm. Extremely fine, softly modelled (£30-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Vierge à l’Enfant, or La Madone, 1893, a uniface trial plaque in plaster by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, Virgin Mary standing, holding the baby Jesus, trees in background, 135 x 62mm (BDM I, 664-5; Gaz. Num. 1898, p.188, 289; cf. CGMP p.174; cf. PBE 322). Very fine and very rare; mounted in a satin-lined frame, with hook at top for suspension (£40-60)
France, “Virgin and Child”, large cast bronze plaque by J. B. Daniel-Dupuis, cast by Barbedienne (cf. Gaz, Numis, 1893, p. 188, 289), 280 x 125mm, frame, with ring at back for suspension. Extremely fine, rare (£140-180)
Hammer Price: £110
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Concours de pompes, Aubervilliers, 1894, silvered bronze medal by Henri Dubois, Victory holding a laurel spray and crowning with a wreath standing figure of a fireman, reverse legend in centre, wreath of oak and laurel around, with ball and ring for suspension, 50mm. Good very fine, has been cleaned (£35-45)
£35–£45
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Funeral of president carnot, 1894, bronze commemorative plaquette, by O. Roty, Carnot’s body laying in state, reverse funeral cortege progressing towards the Pantheon, 80 x 58mm (PBE 860; Jones, The Art of the Medal, 323). About extremely fine (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £55
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Société Lyonnaise des Forces Motrices du Rhone, silvered bronze prize plaquette, c. 1895, signed Vermare (but attributed to S. E. Vernier), named on reverse to M. Maroger, 90 x 67mm (PBE 931; cf. Baudey Bricher 1992, no. 20). Very fine, very rare (£80-100)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, La Compagnie Continentale du Gaz, silver plaquette for 25 years of service, by Legastelois, named and dated 1895, 65 x 52mm, with rounded top. Very fine (£30-40)
£30–£40
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “La Source”, bronze Art Nouveau plaquette by Daniel-Dupuis, 1898, naked girl drinking from a fountain, reverse cherub climbing a rock with waterfall, 35 x 65mm, with a frame, probably contemporary, for display (PBE 321). About extremely fine (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Agents de Change de Paris, silver Art Nouveau medal, 1898, named to “M. Chauvet”, matt finish, in case of issue, 50mm. Extremely fine (£30-35)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Franco-Prussian War “Secours aux Blessés, 1899, uniface cast bronze plaque by Prud’homme, 100 x 97mm, with rounded top (cf. Gazette Numis. 1909, p. 236, no. 29). Extremely rare, an important piece relating to Protestantism and the Franco-Prussian War (£90-120)
£90–£120
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Société de Geographie Commercialle de Paris, silver prize medal by Bottée, panel on reverse inscribed “L.A.O. Lamarre, l’art de voyager a l’étranger 1899”, 61mm, loop for suspension. Extremely fine and rare (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £120
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “Hommage aux Graveurs”, bronze Art Nouveau plaquette, 1899, by Lechevrel, 68 x 48mm, named and dated, “Chambre Sydicale des Industrie de la Gravure et du Timbre, C. A. P. 1956, Vincent Michel”, 68mm x 48mm (CGMP III, p. 230). Lightly cleaned, very fine (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Janvier-Berchot (reduction & frappe de medailles), octagonal bronze plaquette, c. 1900, by A. Charpentier, muscular young mean with coining press, reverse legend, 60 x 52mm, in fitted case (cf. Jones, Art of the Medal, 345 and PBE 152 for the type). Extremely fine, much rarer than the “Duval-Janvier” type (£60-80)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Les parisiens de paris, bronze membership plaquette by Louis Bottée, named to J. Legastelois, 70 x 49mm. Almost extremely fine (£30-40)
France, Agriculture, a group of three medals: Ste. Aviculture de la Haute Normandie by C. Charles, bronze, c. 1900 (?), 50mm; Ste. Aviculture Belfort, by Briquemont, bronze, 50mm; and an octagonal silvered bronze prize medal by Delandre, 46mm (CGMP III, p.125) [3] Very fine or better (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £45
France, Paris, Alexander iii Bridge, First Stone laid, 1900, silvered bronze medal by Daniel-Dupuis, Fame showing the bust of Alexander III of Russia to allegorical figures of France and Russia, reverse nymph of the River Seine, legend below, 70mm, in original (?) round red leather case (Gazette Numis. 1898, p. 22, no. 55). Very fine to extremely fine (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Loïe Fuller (Marie-Louise Fuller), cast bronze medal by Pierre Roche, published by the Soc. Frcse. des Amis de la Médaille”, limited issue no. 107, figure of Loïe Fuller dancing, reverse quotation from Baudelaire “Un étre qui n’etait qve lumière or et gaze”, 72mm, in original (?) fitted case (cf. Coll. Roger Marx, 1914, no. 98: ANS Exhibt. NY 1910, cat. p. 259, no. 6; BDM V, p.144-145 [illustr.]; The Medal 44, p.42; BDW 9, lot 674). Extremely fine...
Hammer Price: £170
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, silver pendant or badge by J. B. Daniel-Dupuis, 45 x 25mm (cf. PBE 316 for a similar badge of a smaller format). Extremely fine, rare (£30-40)
France, Meditation, bronze Art Nouveau plaquette, by Jeanne Borgeaud, c. 1900 (BDM 1, p. 217). Extremely fine, but a little discoloured, a charming study, softly modelled (£30-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Industrie, uniface bronze plaquette by René Gregoire, c. 1900, female worker standing facing left in the small workshop, 111 x 56mm (BDM p. 394). Very fine or better, but spotted quite heavily (£40-60)
France, Amicitia, a uniface bronze plaquette by René Gregoire, c. 1900, young woman with flowing hair and wearing a diaphanous robe seated, her right arm on an easel, her other arm resting on the shoulder of a naked young woman at her feet, antique columns and a lake on which swims a swan behind; the plaquette mounted on wood. Extremely fine, sensitively and softly modelled (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £90
France, Joan of Arc, bronze medal by O. Yencesse, bust left, inscribed around, reverse Joan receives sword from France, St. Michael beyond, 50mm. Extremely fine (£30-40)
France, Paris Universal Exposition, 1900, silvered bronze uniface medal by H. Kautsch, 83 x 75 mm. Very fine (£60-80)
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