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Lot No 2637
Italy, Benvenuto Cellini, 1965, a bronze medal by D. Flourat, bust three-quarters right, rev. statue of Perseus holding the head of Medusa, reproduction of medal of Francis I at bottom, 81mm (CGMP p.753). Mint state; in red card box of issue (£20-30)
Lot No 2450
Belgium, La Musique, 1911, a bronze plaque by L.A. de Smeth for Fonson, on behalf of the Société Hollandaise Belge des Amis de la Médaille d’Art, naked boy playing flute, watched by two children, rev. cock crowing, sunrise in background, 58 x 55mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.13, 28; BDM VIII, 208; cf. BDW 17, 591). About e...
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 2547
France, La Médecine, 1912, a bronze award plaque by E.-V. Exbrayat, female figure representing Medicine watching over an old man lying on a bed, rev. serpent of Æsculapius coiled round a trophy, Greek temple in background, un-named, 69 x 49mm (CGMP p.177; BDM VII, 284; cf. DW 19, 274). Good very fine, patinated (£30...
Lot No 2552
France, Chambre de Commerce de Rouen, 1913, a plated bronze plaque by L. Patriarche, conjoined arms and winged caduceus, rev. reclining female nude pouring water from a vase above aerial view of Rouen, 70 x 51mm (cf. DNW 54, 846). Good very fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2554
France, L’Oeuvre de Protection des Orphelins de la Guerre du Personnel des P[ostes, des] T[élégraphes et des] T[éléphones], 1916, a plated bronze plaque by D.P. Puech, two widows comforting children, rev. legend in nine lines, 65 x 51mm. Softly executed, very fine and very rare (£40-60)
Lot No 2556
France, Centenary of the Compagnie d’Assurances Générales contre l’Incendie, 1919, a bronze plaque for F. Magdelaine, robed female offering protecting to girl, figures fleeing burning building in background, rev. wreath and legend, 75 x 64mm (cf. DNW 66, 1409). Very fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2582
France, Enseignement Technique, 1931, a silver award plaque by E. Fraisse adapted for the Ministère de l’Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts, robed female indicating the wealth of labour to a youth, rev. wreath, un-named, 55 x 50mm (CGMP p.183). Lower left corner with edge knock, otherwise very fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2588
Germany, 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Queen Louise of Prussia, 1901, a bronze medal by Prof. R. Mayer, bust left in gauze scarf, rev. Queen seated on chair, watching her two sons playing with a toy cannon and a standard, 60mm (BDM III, 636). Good very fine; in red card box (£40-60)
Lot No 2593
Germany, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, c. 1910, a uniface bronze plaque by O. Hofner, bust right, 59 x 55mm (Goethe Medaillenkunst 311; BDM –). Good very fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2427
Austria, Franz Joseph I, Diamond Jubilee, 1908, a plated bronze plaque by W. Hejda, bust left, rev. people celebrating, 80 x 57mm (BDM –; cf. BDW 18, 695). Very fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2434
Austria, 50th Anniversary of the Schubertbund, Vienna, 1913, a uniface bronze plaque by J. Beyer, bust of Franz Schubert left, 100 x 70mm (Niggl 1787). Fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2436
Austria, Hercules Erwürgen der Löwe [Hercules Strangling the Lion], c. 1915, a uniface octagonal bronze plaque by O. Hofner, naked figure of Hercules astride lion, pulling its jaw upwards, 80 x 75mm (BDM VII, 456). Some uneven toning, good very fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2453
Belgium, Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels, the First Performance of the Parsifal, 1914, a plated bronze medal by G. Devreese, standing figure of Parsifal, rev. four females dancing around central figure, 76mm, exergue stamped épreuve d’auteur (Niggl 2152; cf. BDW 5, 81); Exposition Internationale, Liège, 1930,...
Lot No 2455
Belgium, L’Assistance Discrète pour la Belgique, 1915, a bronze plaque by G. Devreese, veiled female with basket of fruit, rev. legend, 61 x 46mm (Frankenhuis 67; cf. DNW 53, 1150). Good very fine, nicely toned (£30-40)
Lot No 2485
France, Comité Français des Expositions à l’Étranger, 1899, a bronze award plaque by L.-A. Bottee, seated robed female above implements of agriculture and industry, factories in background, rev. flowering tree, named (F.A. Bousquet), 64 x 42mm (PBE 19; Coll. R. Marx 386; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 18; BDM I, 232; cf. DN...
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 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 2543
France, Pro Patria, 1911, a silver-gilt plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, Marianne left, holding flag, rev. trophy of arms on base, two aeroplanes and early dirigible above, named (à Melle. Beart), 47 x 47mm (CGMP p.232; Frankenhuis 203; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.43, 93; BDM VII, 544). Very fine (£40-50)
Lot No 2549
France, Death of Henri Poincaré, 1912, a silver plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, half-length seated portrait left, reading book, rev. legend in nine lines, 43 x 43mm (PBE 783; BDM VIII, 147). About extremely fine, rare; in original green fitted case of issue (£40-50)
Lot No 2562
France, Victor Hutinel, c. 1920, a bronze medal by Dr P. Richer, bust right, rev. Hutinel seated, examining a small girl, mother with baby and another girl at right, DILEXIT PARVULOS, 68mm (Storer 1728; BDM VIII, 159; cf. DNW 47, 915). Good very fine, very rare (£40-50)
Lot No 2585
France, Odilon Redon, 1950, a bronze medal by J. Riviere, facing head, rev. centaur, 68mm (CGMP p.1598). Very fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2587
Germany, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1899, a bronze medal by Prof. R. Mayer, bust left, rev. Mephistopheles in cloak at left, hand on open book, Faust at right, 60mm (Wurz. 3266; BDM III, 632). Very fine (£40-60)
Lot No 2622
Germany, Hermann Stegemann, c. 1925, a cast bronze medal signed L.M., bust right, rev. naked Hercules with dagger held to a head of the hydra, 100mm. Very fine (£30-50)
Lot No 2417
Austria, Universal Exposition, Vienna, 1873, a bronze medal by J. Tautenhayn and K. Schwenzer, bust of Franz Joseph right, rev. male and female artisans, 70mm (BDM V, 437 and VI, 37; BM Acq. 1983-6, pl.1, 1). Virtually as struck; in maroon fitted case of issue (£40-50)
Lot No 2418
Austria, Maid mit Gans [Maid with Geese], 1895, a uniface bronze plaque by F.X. Pawlik, goose-girl with flock of geese, 60 x 45mm (Loehr 66; BDM IV, 436; cf. DW 19, 260). Charming style, very fine and patinated, rare (£30-50)
Lot No 2447
Belgium, Exposition Universelle, Liège, 1905, a gilt-bronze award medal by P. Dubois, seated symbolic females, rev. seated semi-nude female figure of Fame blowing trumpet, engraved (Salon d’Art Photographique), 70mm (BDM VII, 237; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.15, 59; cf. DNW 50, 1273); Exposition Universelle, Liège, 1905, a b...
Lot No 2452
Belgium, 50th Anniversary of the Opening of the Schelde to Shipping, Antwerp, 1913, a bronze plaque by A. Mauquoy for Antwerp Chamber of Commerce, river-god greeting robed female representing Antwerp, ship in background, rev. variety of marine craft above tablet, 76 x 55mm (Vandamme/Bernier 36; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.17...
Lot No 2464
France, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze award medal by L.A. Bottée, Marianne crowning a seated artisan, Expo pavilion and Eiffel Tower below, rev. Fame seated on branch of tree, blowing trumpet, tablet below, impressed (Société des Usines et Fonderies de Beaume & Marpent), 63mm (PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 19...
Lot No 2469
France, Horticulture, 1892, plaques by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis (2), in silver-gilt and bronze, female figure teaching another to prune a plant in a flower-pot, rev. naked young girl sat under tree, making a posy, former with inscription in field (Offert par la ville de Villers s/r Mer), both 62 x 48mm (PBE 304; CGMP p.1...
Lot No 2477
France, Death of Henri Feulard, 1897, a silver plaque by M. Bouval, angel standing over bust of Feulard left, rev. chrysanthemum branch, 65 x 43mm (Storer 1059; BDM VII, 105). Extremely fine, rare (£40-60)
Lot No 2483
France, Compagnie des Agents de Change de Paris, 1898, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty, from the same dies as previous, named (Mr. Vélon), 50mm (PBE –; Coll. R. Marx –; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 176; Gaz. Num. 1898, p.402, 155; BDM V, 237; cf. DNW 66, 1378). Rim nicks, very fine (£30-40)
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 2558
France, Course du Cyclisme, c. 1920, a bronze plaque by R. Brangier adapted for Pneu Soly, racing cyclists on tree-lined road, rampant lion in wreath at left, rev. oak wreath, tablet in foreground, 57 x 54mm; Moto Club de Nice, Paris-Nice, 1922, a bronze award plaque by F. Rasumny, motorcyclist to left, rev. wreath...
Lot No 2561
France, Syndicat Général de la Construction Électrique, c. 1920, a bronze award medal by C.P. Pillet, robed female figure of Electricity creating a flash of lightning and a spark, rev. view of a village in mountainous countryside, waterfall and hydro-electric lines in left foreground, named (Mlle. Andrée Boinet), 68...
Lot No 2573
France, 50th Anniversary of the Association Amicale des Postes, des Télégraphes et des Téléphones, 1928, a bronze medal by R. Baudichon, robed female seated on plinth, regarding a coastal landscape, rev. Eiffel Tower and symbols of communication, 50mm. Extremely fine and patinated, very rare (£50-70)
Lot No 2595
Germany, Ludwig van Beethoven, c. 1910, a uniface cast bronze plaque by F. Stiasny, bust left, 65 x 54mm (Niggl 250b; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.10, 100; BDM V, 684-5). Strong style, good very fine and patinated (£40-60)
Lot No 2598
Germany, Bicentenary of the Birth of Frederick the Great, 1912, a silver medal by K. Goetz, bust right, rev. three soldiers marching left, 36mm (K 12). About extremely fine (£30-40)
Lot No 2618
Germany, Präsidenten der Reichsgericht, Leipzig, 1920 [Presidents of the Supreme Court of Justice], a bronze plaque by A. Thiele for Glaser, Dresden, facing busts of Rudolf Freiherr von Seckendorff and Eduard von Simson, rev. view of the Reichsgericht, 107 x 83mm. About extremely fine, rare; in maroon fitted case of...
Lot No 2624
Germany, Centenary of the Death of Ludwig van Beethoven, 1927, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Hartig, facing bust, 85 x 85mm (Niggl 144; cf. DNW 44, 843). Extremely fine (£40-60)
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