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France, Paris Universal Exposition, 1900, silvered bronze plaquette by O. Roty, a winged female figure attaches a torch to tree, reverse view of Paris, laureated wreath in clouds above, 51 x 36mm. Extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £60
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, silvered bronze plaquette, by Roty, in broken box of issue, 50 x 36mm; Georges Cochery, President of the Conseil Généralof Loiret, in case of issue, 80 x 56mm [2]. Extremely fine (£30-35)
Hammer Price: £70
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Exposition Universelle Internatione, Paris, 1900, prize medals, in silver and bronze (2) by Chaplain, matt finish, 65mm, all named (cf. PBE 81 [illustr.]; CGMP — ) [3]. Very fine or better, the bronze somewhat discoloured (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £90
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Redemption, silver and bronze medals, 1901, by Georges Dupré, 73mm (cf. CGMP p. 167 & BM Aquis. OP 42, 69 for these medals in a smaller format) [2].Very fine or better, rare in silver (£100-120)
£100–£120
France, Salut au Soleil, silver plaquette by G. Dupré, c. 1901, old man and child kneel to sun rising over sea, reverse inscription, birds over bay beneath, 64 x 50mm (CGMP p. 169; Jones 337). Extremely fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £50
France, Salut au Soleil, a similar plaquette by G Dupré, c. 1901, in bronze. Extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Trade & Industry, a group of four medals in silver (3), in silvered bronze (1), by Tiollier (1801), 1901, 51mm, Borrel, 1912, 50mm, and Roty, 1894, 58 x 41mm, and 1884, 60 x 41mm [4]. Very fine or better, all of pleasing work (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £75
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Marriage Medals (2), one dated 1902, 40mm; the other c. 1830, 38mm, both silver. Extremely fine (£25-30)
Hammer Price: £40
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Group of three: Emile Demagny, 1902, bronze plaquette by Roty, 60mm x 38mm; Millau Musical Contest, 1903, silvered bronze plaquette by J. Delpech, 67 x 46mm; silvered bronze prize medal, stamped ‘Le Mans 1927’, showing a rabbit with cabbages, carrots, a bowl of water, etc. below, 50mm [3]. Very fine, second somewhat polished (£35-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Alfred de vigny (1797-1863), large uniface cast bronze portrait medal by J. P. Legastelois, 138mm (cf. BDM III, p. 371). Extremely fine, patch of corrosion on reverse (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £110
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Agriculture, bronze plaquette, 1904, by Coudray, 100 x 60mm (CGMP III, p. 703; cf. BDW 13, lot 148; Foire Agricole St Matthieu, 1935, silvered bronze medal by Tschudin, issued by Huguenin, 50mm; and Sydicat des Constructeurs de Vehicules Agricoles, silver gilt medal, 1949, by Delannoy, 50mm [3]. First extremely fine, other two good very fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £65
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Doves and Art, an unusual cast bronze plaquette by Victor Peter, 1904, 117 x 80mm (cf BDM IV, 463). Extremely fine (£70-90)
France, Shepherd’s Dog, bronze plaquette, 1904, by C. Lenoir, 86 x 110mm, mounted on a mahogany base (BHM III, p. 393; ANS Exbit. cat., 1910. p. 190, 9).Very fine to extremely fine (£80-100)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Le Matin, silver prize medal by René Riberon, 1904, 51mm; other silver and silver gilt (2) medals, by Lamourdedieu and Dubois, 51mm, Lagrange, 51mm, and Dubois, 58mm [4].Very fine or better (£40-60)
France, President Kruger, Peace of Utrecht, 1902, silvered bronze medal by Henri Dupuis, bust left, reverse allegory of the Boer nation standing on map of Africa amidst clouds, 68mm (cf. BDM III p. 162). Very fine to extremely fine (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £80
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Dr. J. B. A. Chaveau, bronze portrait medal, undated (1905), by Paul Richer, 68 x 55mm (PBE 794). A little spotty, otherwise extremely fine (£40-50)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Le Chant Profane, a silver brooch by E. H. Becker, c. 1906, c. 60 x 50mm (cf BDW 5, 21 for another brooch by Becker). Part of fixation missing otherwise extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £120
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “L’Infini”, a fine uniface bronze plaquette by P. Lenoir, seated figure of semi-nude young woman, her arm around the shoulder of an adolescent boy leaning on her thighs, both gazing at the sea; legend below “Quelque chose de pur de sacré, de béni/ s’elevait jusqu’à nous du calmé de l’abime/ un vertige aimantait nos coeurs vers l’infini/ nous sentions l’attirance auguste du sublime”, 228 x 195mm, with rounded top (ANS Exhib. NY, cat. p....
£130–£160
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Henri Moissan, bronze portrait plaquette, 1906, by Chaplain, 70 x 57mm. Slightly discoloured, otherwise extremely fine (£20-25)
£20–£25
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Exposition Internationale Milan, 1906, bronze plaquette for the French section, by Ovide Yencesse, 71 x 52mm (cf PBE 1029 for a cast plaquette of larger format). Extremely fine (£50-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, J. Caillaux, silver portrait plaquette by Prud’homme, 1908, 70 x 57mm. Extremely fine, very rare (£150-180)
£150–£180
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “La Musique”, 1909, a charming silver Art Nouveau plaquette by Geneviève Granger, engraved on reverse “Les lilas a Mr de la Bédollière Chef du Bureau 22 Octobre 1911”, 67 x 43mm, in original fitted case (CGMP III, p. 194). Extremely fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £95
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Brittany, Tad and Mamm Cooz Pennec, a pair of uniface cast bronze portrait plaquettes by André Schwab, c. 1910, issued by Canale, 65 x 75mm (Cat. Gen. V.S. Canale, 268 and 269; Classens [Medailleurs Contemporains] text and plates) [2]. About extremely fine, scarce (£50-70)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “Petite Mere”, a fine uniface silvered bronze plaquette, c. 1910, by Davin (cf. BDM 1, p. 535 & VII, p. 211). Very fine to extremely fine (£50-70)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, J. H. Fabre, bronze portrait plaquette, by Sicard, 1910. 70 x 54mm. About extremely fine (£20-25)
Hammer Price: £35
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Émile Dupont, 1911, a bronze plaque by Vernon, bust right, reverse legend above branch, 90 x 65mm (BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 157); Émile Picard, 1927, a bronze plaque by Prud’homme, bust left, reverse head of Athena above legend, 72 x 52mm [2]. Very fine (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £15
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Boulogne sur Mer, bronze plaquette by Maillard, 1911, 69 x 52mm. Very fine, cleaned (£20-25)
France, International Exposition, Turin, 1911, bronze plaquette by P. Dautel, for the ‘Comité Français des Expositions a l’Etranger’, 72 x 54mm (cf. Com.Fr.des Expo, Cinquantenaire, 1935, p. 188, fig. 28). Extremely fine, softly modelled (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Le Commères, a fine bronze plaquette, 1912, by André Pierre Schwab, 75 x 58mm (BDM VIII, p. 196). Extremely fine (£50-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “La Danse”, bronze repoussé Art Nouveau bronze plaquette, c. 1912, by Dropsy, calendar holder issued by Gerbe d’or, 93 x 74mm (cf BDW 1, 687 & BDW 5, 73). Very fine to extremely fine (£70-90)
Hammer Price: £85
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Paris, Opening of the Boulevard Raspail, 1913, bronze commemorative medal by René Grégoire, view of boulevard, reverse, two female fegures, 67mm, in original Ville de Paris fitted case (PBE 476; CGMP —). Extremely fine and rare (£50-70)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Agriculture, Concours Regional de Beauvais, champions silver prize plaquette, 1914, by Leo Laporte-Blairsy, 79mm x 57mm, with rounded top (cf. BDM III, p. 304); Société d’Agriculture de L’Allier, silver gilt prize plaquette, named to Mr de Peyerimhoff, 70 x 50mm [2]. Very fine or better (£40-60)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, La Vetement du Prisonnier de Guerre, founded 1914, medals by Max Blondat after Forain, in silvered bronze, and bronze, by Max Blondat after Forain, 70 x 41mm; uniface bronze plaquette, same subject, 133 x 80mm, pierced at corners to facilitate display [3]. Last extremely fine, bronze medal with patch of verdigris on obverse and silvered bronze medal with two patches of discolouration, otherwise better than very fine (£100-120)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, World War One, a group of five plaquettes and medals: Preparation Militaire, 1911, by Prud’homme, silver, 50mm; Sydicat des Fabricants d’Extraits, 1917, by Lasserre, silver, 50mm; Orphalines de Guerre P T T, 1918, silvered bronze, 65 x 51mm; “Chantecler”, undated, uniface, by Fraisse, 70 x 55mm; Death of Alexandré le Grand, bronze plaquette, 1914, by Pillet, 81 x 66mm. very fine or better, the last rare (£40-50)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, “Femme Pensive”, yellow brass repoussé plaquette by Exbrayat, 1915, 104 x 70mm, a calendar holder issued by “La Gerbe d’Or”. About extremely fine, cleaned in the past (£60-80)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Heroes of Verdun (Nivelle, Petain, Curières de Castelnau), bronze medal by Pillet, 1916, 68mm; bronze patriotic plaquettes: Verdun, 1916-17, by Prud’homme, 63 x 47mm; “Aux Dames de la Croix Rouge”, by Henri Allouard, 78 x 53mm; “Aux Braves”, c.1914-18, by Allaud, 67 x 56mm (CGMP p. 323, 12, 313, —); with a fitted mahogany display case [5]. Last somewhat discoloured, this very fine, others extremely fine (£70-80)
£70–£80
France, Union des femmes de France, petrograd, 1917, bronze gilt medal by Rasumny, issued by Deseaux & Co., helmeted bust of France right, stamped, patria to right, “A la Vicomtesse de Lestrange reconnaissance de sa bravoure et son devouement” across dress below, reverse winged figure wearing cap of Liberty charging left holding banner and sword, legend below, 68mm (cf. BDM V, p. 35). Obverse a little spotty, very fine to extremely fine (£35-45)
France, Ecole Polytechnique, uniface bronze memorial plaquette, 1918, by Morlon, Victory facing on pedestal, her wings outstretched, gloire a nos camarades de polytechnique morts povr la france 1914-1918, 80 x 58mm. Very fine to extremely fine, a strong design (£35-45)
£35–£45
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Alsace, patriotic bronze plaquette by Henri Nocq after Hansi, c. 1918, Gallic warrior fighting the German hydra, reverse Alsatian woman in regional costume kneeling at the grave of a French soldier, 51 x 35mm (cf BDM VIII, p. 96).Very fine to extremely fine, rare (£30-40)
WORLD ART MEDALS France, Liberation of Strasbourg, 1918, bronze medals (2) by Henry Dropsy, city goddess embracing mounted French soldier, reverse three French soldiers and two Alsatian girls in regional costume standing facing. 80mm and 49mm [2]. First extremely fine, second a little discoloured, this very fine; fine designs (£30-40)
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