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France, A group of seven medals awarded to the opera singer Madame B. Boidin-Puisais:
Conservatoire de Musique et de Déclamation, bronze, unsigned (1ère Médaille de Solfège, Mlle Puisais, 1876), 51mm; Société des Concerts du Conservatoire de Musique, 1864, bronze, by V.M. Borrel (Mme B. Boidin-Pusais, Sociétaire, 1877), 50mm (BDM I, 224); Exposition Universelle International, Paris, 1878, bronze, by E.-A. Oudiné, 86mm (PBE 646; BDM IV, 350; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 5; cf. DNW 350, 1287); in maroon fitted ‘Services Rendus’ case of issue by Martin-Besson, Paris, inside of lid named (Madame Boidin-Puisais, Cantatrice, Concerts du Trocadéro); Exposition Universelle International, Paris, 1878, silver, by E. Blondelet, for the Festival des Orphéons, 41mm; Grand Concours Musicale de Poitiers, 1885, silver, after N.G.A. Brenet, 51mm; Société des Concerts, Conservatoire de Musique, silver (2), after V.M. Borrel, for Le Médaillier (À Mme Boidin-Pusais, 8 et 15 Janvier 1893…Mme Boidin-Pusais, Session 1893-1894), both 51mm [7]. Extremely fine and better, but Oudiné medal lightly cleaned in the past; sold with an autographed, inscribed photograph of the recipient, dated January 1900 (£250-300)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 650.

Worthy of further research