Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1244

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£350

Sir Edgar Boehm, 1891, a uniface bronze medal by E. Lanteri, cast by J. Moore, bust right, sculptor’s mallet and sprig of laurel behind, 117mm (Attwood 24; BHM 3414; E 1771; BDM VII, 533). Very fine, rare (£100-150)

Provenance:
Sir George Frampton, and by descent.

Illustrated on the Plates, reduced. Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-90), sculptor and medallist; Lanteri, his assistant, modelled the portrait shortly before Boehm’s death and the medal was completed the following year