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France, Centenary of Établissements PERRIER-JOUET, 1911, a silver plaque by G. Prud’homme, bust of Pierre Perrier full-face, rev. legend, vine below, 63 x 48mm (PBE –; BDM –); Source Cachat, c.1935, an octagonal bronze plaque by M. Renard for the Société des Eaux Minérales d’Evian-Cachat, naked female standing in front of a fountain, reverse view of Evian in cartouche, 68 x 50mm (cf. DNW 49, 963); La Romanesque, a plated electrotype plaque, unsigned, face of a girl sleeping in clouds, kissed with passion by a winged cherub, 60 x 45mm [3]. Extremely fine or nearly so, the first extremely rare (£200-250)

Perrier-Jouët champagne was first made in Epernay in 1811; the company takes its name from Pierre Nicolas Marie Perrier (1786-1854) and his wife Adèle Jouët. Obverse only illustrated, reduced