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

Maternité, 1899, a bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier for the SAMF, mother seated on chair breast-feeding her baby, reverse bust of a girl right, THERESE 1 MAI 1899 below, 81 x 53mm, edge stamped 121 (Coll. R. Marx 92; PBE 150; BDM I, 411; cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.58, 22; cf. DNW 30, 828). Very fine, rare (£60-80)

One of the classic Art Nouveau medallic images; its origina were in a bronze bas-relief of 1883