Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

FRANCE, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, a bronze award medal by L.-A. Bottée, named (Maissin), 63mm (Maier 131; PBE 9; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, 15; BDM I, 231; cf. DNW 199, 1200); Progrès dans la Fabrication des Monnaies, 1889, a copper medal by L.-A. Bottée and L.-F. Chabaud, 50mm (PBE 6; BDM I, 231; CGMP p.60; cf. DNW 193, 1238); Sommet de la Tour Eiffel, 1889, plated bronze medals by A.-L.-M. Charpentier (2), both 41mm (PBE 145; Coll. R. Marx 245; cf. DNW 135, 1424); Exposition Internationale du Mans, 1899, a plated bronze award medal by Massonnet, un-named, 50mm; Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; BDM I, 666; Coll. R. Marx 310; cf. DNW 147, 1890); together with other related bronze medals (2) [8]. Generally very fine
£70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Art Medals formed by Dr Edith Greenwood (†1987).

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