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Sold on 15 December 2005

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A Group of Medals Associated with the Artist Sir George Frampton

Sir George James Frampton, RA

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№ 1256

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£30

France, Duval-Janvier, c. 1900, an octagonal Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier, male figure working a coining press, rev. RÉDUCTION ET FRAPPE DE MÉDAILLES, reduced vignettes of the obverse design, 60 x 52mm, edge stamped 30 (PBE 152; BDM VII, 177; Jones, Art of the Medal, 345; cf. DNW 64, 1346). Stained, otherwise very fine (£30-40)

Provenance:
Sir George Frampton, and by descent