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Étude et AmitiÉ, 1910, a plated bronze electrotype plaque signed FM (? or MF), for the Société Philomathique de Paris, three standing females engaged in various scientific pursuits, reverse elevation of building, branch of oak above, named (Léopold Lévy, 1884), 91 x 78mm. Extremely fine; in original maroon fitted case (£40-50)

The Société Philomathique de Paris was founded in 1788; the date 1884 would appear to be when Lévy was elected to membership. The vendor suggests the recipient was Henri-Léopold Lévy (b.1840), the painter from Nancy who won a gold medal in the 1900 Paris Expo. The initials FM or MF would suggest a number of possibilities, including Maurice Favre, Firmin Marcel Michelet, Françoise Montagny and other medallists active in France at this time