Auction Catalogue
France, Inauguration of the Bains d’Evian, 1902, a plated bronze plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon [after C. Beylard], naked female seated on rock, right hand extended to gushing spring water, SOURCE CACHAT, rev. view of Evian, 64 x 44mm (PBE 975; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.50, 193; BDM VI, 240; Gaz. Num. 1904, p.417, 132; cf. DNW 64, 1353); La Grande Source de Vittel, c. 1928, a repoussé bronze plaque by F.P. Niclausse, naked female figure sat in clouds, overseeing a jug from which water flows over a globe, 76 x 50mm (cf. DNW 60, 1608) [2]. Very fine, the first lightly cleaned (£40-60)
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