FRANCE, Maison Froment-Meurice, Service Exécuté pour le Sultan, 1869, a copper award medal, unsigned, named (Edouard Osterberg), 50mm; Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878, a silver award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Ceres left, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, cherub below holding tablet, named (Osterberg), 68mm (Maier 65; PBE 48; BDM I, 402; Jones, Art of the Medal, 313) [2]. Extremely fine, a rare pair worthy of further research; in fitted case, lid gilt-blocked ‘1869-1878’ £150-£200

Froment-Meurice, one of the most famous silver and goldsmiths of the 19th century, established by François-Désiré Froment-Meurice (1802-55). The workshop closed in 1907.