Auction Catalogue

4 October 2001

Starting at 1:00 PM

.

Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1107

.

4 October 2001

Hammer Price:
£75

Austria, Erection of the Monument to Maria Theresa at Klagenfurt, 1872, a bronze medal after F. Würth and J. Tautenhayn Sr, bust right, rev. statue, 61mm (BDM VI, 37); Death of Archduke Albrecht, 1877, a bronze medal by J. Tautenhayn Sr, bust right, rev. seated and standing figures, one inscribing tablet, 63mm (BDM VI, 37); Death of the Empress Elizabeth, 1898, a bronze medal by Prof. S. Schwartz, Empress lying in open casket, rev. weeping robed female, 40mm (BDM V, 427); 80th Birthday of Franz Joseph I, 1910, a uniface bronze plaque by R. Placht, bust right in open greatcoat, 75 x 55mm; Carinthian Landworkers’ Exhibition, Klagenfurt, 1911, a plated bronze medal by A.R. Weinberger and R. Cisek for Orth, Vienna, bust of Archduke Charles Franz Joseph right, rev. robed female figure greeting artisan, 60mm (BDM VIII, 266 [obv. executed 1910]) [5]. First three about extremely fine, others about very fine (£50-70)