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France, Union Centrale des Beaux-Arts Appliqués à la Industrie, 1880, an oval bronze award badge, unsigned, artist’s easel, wine flagon and other accoutrements, rev. named (1e Section Modèles des Artistes, 2e Classe, Ferville-Suan), 71 x 52mm (cf. BDW 18, 393). About extremely fine, rare (£30-40)

Charles-George Ferville-Suan, sculptor from Le Mans, exhibited portrait medals at the Paris Salons during the 1870s (cf. BDM II, 89)