Lot Archive

Lot

№ 243

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31 January 1996

Hammer Price:
£70

Belgium, Maurice Kufferath and Guillaume Guidé, 1909, uniface bronze plaque by G. Devreese, 74 x 54mm (BDM VI, 119; cf. BDW 18, 682); The Return of Prince Albert from Africa, 1909, bronze plaque by P. Wissaert, 71 x 48mm (BDM VI, 519; cf. BDW 13, 801, 18, 688); Hector Dennis, 1912, bronze plaque by I. de Rudder, 59 x 43mm (cf. BDW 18, 686); Exhibitions of Roubaix and Turin, 1912, bronze plaque by L.A. de Smeth, 64 x 55mm (BDM VIII, 208; cf. BDW 17, 592, 18, 687); Madame la Comtesse de Flandre, 1912, uniface plaque by A. Bonnetain, 75 x 53mm (BDM VII, 95; cf. BDW 18, 680); Les Cœurs Belges Vibrent à l’Unisson, 1915, bronze plaque by P. Theunis, 82 x 61mm (BDM VIII, 234; cf. BDW 18, 688); La Fleur de l’Orphelin, 1917, bronze plaque by G. Devreese, 61 x 46mm (cf. BDW 18, 683); À l’Aube de la Victoire, 1918, bronze plaque by G. Devreese, 71 x 56mm (cf. BDW 18, 683); Alf Nerincx, 1920, bronze plaque by F. Vermeylen, 61 x 43mm (BDM VIII, 248; cf. BDW 18, 688); Exposition Universelle, Brussels, 1935, bronze plaque by A. Bonnetain, 81 x 67mm. [10]. About very fine and better (£40-60)

Maurice Kufferath and Guillaume Guidé were the directors of the Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie in Brussels. 238 examples of this plaque were struck