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Lot No 2496
France, L’Automobile, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by C.P. Pillet for Desaide, robed figure of Victory in speeding car to right, rev. wreath of oak and palm, un-named, 46mm (PBE 723; BDM IV, 537). Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
Lot No 2497
France, La Seine, c. 1900, a uniface silver plaque or box top by C.P. Pillet, reclining female nude on rock, bullrushes at sides, 50 x 40mm. Very fine, rare; with small loops for suspension at top (£30-50)
Lot No 2498
France, Jeune Femme, c. 1900, a plated bronze Art Nouveau appliqué by A. Pospish, head of young lady to right, encircled by serpent, branch of oak in background, 41mm. Very fine, attractive (£30-40)
Lot No 2499
France, Gloria, c. 1900, plated bronze award plaques by F. Rasumny for A. Duseaux (2), helmeted head of Marianne left, rev. wreath and tablet, un-named, 50 x 38mm, 38 x 30mm (BDM V, 35; cf. DNW 64, 1349) [2]. Very fine (£30-50)
Lot No 2500
France, L’Industrie, c. 1900, a bronze award plaque by E. Revillon, winged Genie above seated figures of Science and Industry, rev. wreath, un-named, 55 x 39mm (BDM V, 98); La Céramique, 1909, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, adapted for the Confédération des Industries Céramiques de France, seated female examin...
Lot No 2501
France, Mercure, c. 1900, a uniface bronze plaque by T.-L.-A. Rivière, Mercury advancing left over a marine landscape, boat in centre, 90 x 57mm (BDM –). Good very fine, very rare (£80-100)
Lot No 2502
France, Les Parisiens de Paris, 1900, a bronze membership plaque by L.A. Bottée, female figure representing Paris caressing the head of a nude boy, view of the city behind, rev. figures of Art and Industry shake hands, un-named, 70 x 48mm (PBE 22; Coll. R. Marx 378; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.18, 37; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW...
Lot No 2503
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, bronze award medals by J.-C. Chaplain (2), head of La France right under the bough of a tree, revs. male figure holding torch above a winged female figure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (Ducos; E. Richter), both 64mm (PBE 82; Baxter 95; BDM I...
Lot No 2504
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, plated bronze plaques by L.-O. Roty (3), winged Genius placing a torch in the hand of a dying woman, rev. view of the Petit and Grand Palais, Paris, laureated wreath in clouds above, all 51 x 36mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.90; Coll. R. Marx 74-5; ANS Exh. Cat....
Lot No 2505
France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, Austrian pavilion, bronze plaques by Prof. S. Schwartz (3), standing female presenting laurel branch to two kneeling artisans, rev. Expo pavilion, 77 x 53mm (cf. Coll. R. Marx 489; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.9, 84; BDM V, 429; cf. DNW 30, 720) [3]. One very fine, o...
Lot No 2506
France, Banquet des Maires, 1900, a bronze award plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, emblematic figures of Paris and the Republic raise their glasses to the crowd of civic figures below, rev. fasces and flag, un-named, 98 x 72mm (PBE 971; CGMP p.394; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.50, 192; BDM VI, 243; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 48; c...
Lot No 2507
France, Marcelin Berthelot, 1901, bronze plaques by J.-C. Chaplain (2), bust left, revs. Berthelot seated in laboratory, figures of Truth and France in background; and another adapted for the centenary of his birth, 1927, bust left, rev. legend in six lines, both 70 x 56mm (PBE 83; Storer 323; BDM I, 404) [2]. First...
Lot No 2508
France, Odilon Lannelongue, 1901, a silver plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. mother and child and injured man with nurse, who holds a formidable hand drill, 70 x 55mm (PBE 84; Coll R. Marx 206; Storer 1999; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 15; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.37, 39; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW 57, 1341). Good very fin...
Lot No 2509
France, La Peinture, 1901, a silver award plaque by M. Charpentier-Mio, youth painting, rev. wreath, named (Les Amis des Arts de l’Oise à leur président, G. Acher, 1906), 52 x 40mm (PBE 154; CGMP p.86; BDM VII, 177; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 58; cf. DNW 66, 1393). Extremely fine, rare in silver (£80-100)
Lot No 2510
France, Amphitrite, 1901, a bronze medal by J. Desbois for the SAMF, Amphitrite on sea-monster right, rev. female bather surrounded by concentric circles, 39mm, edge stamped 115 (Coll. R. Marx 105; cf. BDW 13, 145). Very fine and very rare (£70-90)
Lot No 2511
France, Voici Mes Bijoux, 1901, a bronze medal by H.-E. Nocq for the SAMF, a young mother with two children, rev. crib, doll and rocking-horse, 52mm, edge stamped 201 (Coll. R. Marx 103; Classens 59; BDM IV, 281; cf. DNW 35, 545). Extremely fine, attractively patinated (£50-70)
Lot No 2512
France, Assemblée Générale des Actionnaires du Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée, 1901, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, naked winged Genius holding the hand of a female with flowers, two other females standing at right, rev. exterior of the new Gare de Lyon, Paris, 60 x 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 77; A...
Lot No 2513
France, Noces d’Argent, 1902, a silver plaque by R. Baudichon, couple seated under tree, rev. naked boy plucking fruit from a tree, 73 x 67mm (CGMP p.23; Classens 61; BDM VII, 55; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.37, 6-7; cf. BDW 5, 30). Extremely fine (£50-70)
Lot No 2514
France, Centenary of the Birth of Hector Berlioz, 1903, bronze plaques by G. Dupré (2), three-quarter bust left, scene from Les Troyens below, revs. Muse worshipping at the monument to Berlioz at Grenoble, 68 x 48mm (PBE 430; CGMP p.166; Niggl 334; Coll. R. Marx 331; BDM I, 653; cf. DNW 51, 1153) [2]. One extremely...
Lot No 2515
France, Élégie, 1904, a bronze plaque by P.-V. Dautel, female bust left, rev. line of pine trees across the site of ancient ruins, 65 x 45mm (PBE 331; CGMP p.121; Classens 51; BDM VII, 210; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.36, 44; cf. DNW 54, 848). Good very fine (£50-70)
Lot No 2516
France, L’Ange au Violon, c. 1905, a uniface bronze plaque by T. Spicer-Simson, angel kneeling left, playing a violin, 52 x 48mm (BDM –). Extremely fine and very rare (£60-80)
Lot No 2517
France, Samuel Pozzi, 1905, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. traité de gynécologie, robed female helping a naked women from a bed, watched by a robed skeleton, 68mm (PBE 90 and 99; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 17; Storer 2872; BDM VII, 175; cf. DNW 53, 1177). Extremely fine, very rare and a most intere...
Lot No 2518
France, Paul Segond, 1905, a bronze plaque by A.L.M. Charpentier, bust left, rev. Segond with three assistants and a nurse preparing to deliver a baby on an operating table, 81 x 62mm (PBE 160; Coll R. Marx –; Storer 3337; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.39, 47; BDM VII, 176; cf. Arethuse 19 [1928], pl.xvi, 4; cf. DNW 68, 1665)...
Lot No 2519
France, Albert Bartholomé, 1905, a bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, bust left, rev. monument to the dead at the cemetery of Père Lachaise, Paris, 100 x 77mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.157, 1; BDM VII, 497). Light scuffing in obverse field, otherwise very fine and very rare (£90-120)
Lot No 2520
France, Monument au Mort, Père Lachaise, Paris, 1905, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Kautsch, monument to the dead at the cemetery of Père Lachaise, Paris, 70 x 54mm (cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.157, 1; BDM VII, 497). Light spotting, otherwise very fine, rare (£40-50)
Lot No 2521
France, Sully Prudhomme, 1906, a bronze plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. lyre on branch, legend at right, 70 x 58mm (PBE 91; BDM –). Extremely fine, rare (£50-70)
Lot No 2522
France, Ludwig van Beethoven, 1906, a bronze award plaque by A. Lafleur, half-length bust facing, rev. wreath of palm, named (a Renée de Madre, La Libre Esthétique, 1910), 72 x 49mm (Niggl 166; CGMP p.213; Classens 151; BDM VII, 526; cf. DNW 48, 801). Low relief work, about extremely fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2523
France, Henri Hallopeau, 1907, a bronze medal by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. Hallopeau seated, examining left arm of semi-naked standing female, 68mm (Storer 1462; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.38, 42; BDM VII, 175). Extremely fine, nicely patinated, rare (£50-70)
Lot No 2524
France, Espérance, 1907, a bronze medal by P.-V. Dautel, standing robed female holding and kissing a baby, rev. water cascading from a rock, trees at side, named (Claude Collinet), 54mm (CGMP p.121; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.19, 43 [recté 1907]). Minor rim nicks, otherwise very fine, rare (£40-60)
Lot No 2525
France, Pax, 1907, a silver medal by J.-L. Merot, young female left, holding an olive branch, rev. young naked shepherd seated on a rock, sheepdog at right, sheep in background, 63mm (PBE –; CGMP p.253; cf. BDW 18, 452). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise very fine and very rare; in red fitted case of issue (£60-80)
Lot No 2526
France, Aux Armes, 1907, a silver award medal by P.-A. Morlon, female figure in armour and Gallic helmet left, rev. branches of oak, inscription around (Le Secours à l’Ouvrière, Paris, Août 1914 – Avril 1915), tablet in centre named (Mme de Isvolsky), 63mm (Frankenhuis 238; CGMP p.269; BDM VIII, 78; V & A Exh. Cat....
Lot No 2527
France, Faune et Faunesse, 1908, a bronze plaque by P.L. Durousseau for the SAMF, partial head of male faun, rev. standing naked female playing a double flute, 63 x 32mm, edge stamped 85 (Coll R. Marx 140; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.88, 7-8; BDM VII, 243). Very fine and very rare (£70-90)
Lot No 2528
France, Baigneuses, 1908, a bronze medal by A. Lafleur, two naked females bathing, rev. trees by a river-bank, 54mm (CGMP p.214; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.171, 1; BDM VII, 526; cf. DW 19, 269). Tiny obverse rim nick at 6 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine and softly modelled (£30-40)
Lot No 2529
France, Inauguration du Monument au Général José de San Martin, Boulogne, 1909, a silver plaque by H.-E. Allouard, allegorical robed figures in front of a bust of San Martin on a plinth, rev. wreath of oak and palm, 60 x 45mm (BDM –). Good very fine, toned, rare (£40-60)
Lot No 2530
France, Aviation, 1909, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon for the Académie des Sciences, winged male figure representing Aviation holding a young woman in his arms, rev. early biplanes, airships and balloons, palm branch below, 65mm (Malpas 424; BDM VII, 55; cf. BDW 9, 697). Extremely fine and very rare (£150-200)
Lot No 2531
France, Élie de Cyon, 1909, a plated bronze plaque by J.-C. Chaplain, bust left, rev. legend in 18 lines above open book, torch and palm branch, 73 x 56mm (ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.52, 13; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.39, 44; Storer 729; BDM –). Very fine and very rare (£40-60)
Lot No 2532
France, Republique Français, c. 1910, a bronze award medal after J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, adapted for the Ministère de la Guerre, bust of Marianne right, rev. legend in wreath, 50mm; Préparation Militaire, 1911, a bronze plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, La France showing military manoeuvres to a standing youth, rev. warship...
Lot No 2533
France, Victorieux des Éléments, c. 1910, a bronze award medal by C.-C. Desvergnes, Louis Blériot in his monoplane approaching the English coast, Dover Castle at left, rev. eagle and clouds, impressed (Gde. Quinzaine d’Aviation de la Baie de Seine, 25 Août - 6 Septbre. 1910), 49mm (PBE 369; BDM –). Very fine and ver...
Lot No 2534
France, Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Nord, c. 1910, a silver medal by A. te Lingue, female standing right, locomotive and factories at left, rev. frontal elevation of the Gare du Nord, Paris, 50mm (Moyaux –; BDM –; Swan –). Reverse edge nick at 11 o’clock, otherwise very fine, rare (£40-60)
Lot No 2535
France, Chambre de Commerce de Saint-Étienne, c. 1910, a silver award medal by E.E. Peynot, robed females with seated artisan, rev. implements of industry, named (H. Valladaud), edge impressed 1909-1925, 62mm. Extremely fine; in red gilt-blocked fitted case of issue by Maison Ludovic Penin, Graveur…21 quay de la Bi...
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