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Medals Related to Sports, France, 1895. France. National Society for Shooting, silvered base metal prize medal, head of Republic to left, reverse legend, 46mm, with suspender, in original case. Extremely fine, a few trivial spots of discolouration
£20–£30
Romania, 1891. Roumania, Carol I, Silver Jubilee, bronze medal by Anton Scharff, bust in military uniform left reverse crowned female figure holding a laurel wreath in her right hand, lion at her side, nihil sine deo on scroll above and the date 1877 on a tablet below, 64mm. Some marks to edge, otherwise good very fine
Hammer Price: £40
Medals Related to Motoring & Motor Sport, France, 1895. France. “Automobile Club de France - Société d’Encouragement“, silver prize medal by Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis, naked female figure in a chariot, seated on clouds and holding aloft a torch, date 1894-1895 below, reverse léon clérot on garnished tablet in centre, legend above, 68mm, in case of issue (PBE 95). Extremely fine and rare
£100–£120
Austria, 1896. Wolgang Amadeus Mozart, a fine silver portrait medal by Anton Scharff, on the inauguration of his monument, bust to right, reverse zur enthüng seines denkmals wien 1896, 57mm. About extremely fine, but fields a little scuffed and with graze to reverse rim (c. 2 o’clock)
Hammer Price: £100
France, c.1897. France. “Jeune Fille”, an unusual cast bronze Art Nouveau portrait plaquette, signed Carlos Blanc, 113 x 81mm (cf. BDM VII, p.84). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £130
Germany, 1897. Germany. Centenary of the Birth of Heinrich Heine, silvered bronze plaquette by Kautsch, seated figure of Heine, a pen in his hand, a mauscript on his lap, reverse allegorical female figure reclining on clouds, wreath in hand, aus meinen grosen schmerzen mach’ ich die keeinen lieder below (Jones 79, 346; Coll. Marx 482). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £75
France, 1898. France. “La Famille”, a charming small silver Art Nouveau medal by Émile-Victor Prouvé, young mother seated amid woodland foliage holding a child in her arms, the father behind, reverse floral pattern, 34mm (PBE 770; BDM IV, p.701/2). About extremely fine and very rare in silver
Hammer Price: £50
France, c.1898. France. “La Source” (The Spring), silver Art Nouveau prize medal by Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis, naked young woman drinking from a fountain, reverse cherub climbing a rock with a waterfall, engraved beneath “ville de lyon la caisse des écoles a mr b. nesmes” in seven lines, 65 X 35mm (PBE 321). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £80
France, (1899) France. Junon and Pysché, an attractive bronze medal by Ferdinand Levillian, 47mm (PBE 565 [the date incorrect]; Coll. Marx 91; BDM III, p.426). Extremely fine and rare
Hammer Price: £55
c.1899. France. “Annette - La Folle”, uniface cast bronze plaque by Ovide Yencesse, 192 x 111mm (Coll. Marx 151; cf. PPE 1004 for a similar medal of smaller format). Very fine and rare
Hammer Price: £120
France, 1900. France. Jacques Raphael Lepine, Professor of Clinical Medicine, rectangular bronze portrait plaquette by Louis-Oscar Roty, 58 x 42mm (PBE 886). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £30
France, 1900. France. Loïe Fuller, a distinctive and attractive cast bronze Art Nouveau medal by Pierre Roche, figure of Loïe Fuller dancing, reverse un etre qvi n’etait qve lvmiere or et gaze, between orchids, 71mm (PBE 827; BDM V, p.144-5). Extremely fine and very rare
Hammer Price: £210
France, 1900. France. Exposition Universelle, Banquet offert aux des Maires de France par Waldeck-Rousseau, Président du Conseil, bronze presentation plaquette by Frédéric-Charles de Vernon, Liberty holding and figure representing the towns of France raising their glasses in a toast, reverse banner, laurel and oak sprays, named on tablet “j. bertrand bouvesse-quirieu” on a tablet below, 63 x 45mm, in original (broken) box (PBE 971; Gazette Num.Fr. 1904, pl.X, 124). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £25
France, (1900). France. “La Marseillaise”, silvered bronze plaquette by Henri Dubois after Rude, figures representing the French Republic, reverse tablet on palm and laurel spray, 66 x 49mm. Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £70
France, c.1900. France. “Aux Amis de la Maison du Livre”, an unusual pewter plaquette in high relief by Maurice Favre, young woman in contemporary dress seated on a stool binding a book, reverse legend, 81 x 52mm (PBE 450; BDM VII, p.293). A pleasing very fine and rare
Hammer Price: £60
France, c.1900. France. “Chiens de Chasse”, a pair of uniface bronze plaquettes by Victor Peter, 60 x 29mm (PPE 707). Extremely fine, with a few trivial spots of verdigris
£80–£100
France, c.1900. France. “Le Nid”, a bronze Art Nouveau plaque by Daniel-Dupois, nude wood nymph kneeling on a rock and holding a nest in her right hand, foliage below, 131 x 74mm (CGMP III, p.175). Extremely fine, obverse cleaned, a charming plaque and rare in this size
Hammer Price: £110
France, c.1900. France. “Juno and the Peacock”, a large cast uniface Art Nouveau medallion, in bold relief, unsigned and undated, Juno seated caressing and gazing tenderly at a peacock standing on her knee, 106mm. Extremely fine and a cast of excellent quality
France, c.1900. France. “Escrime” [Fencing], an unusual rectangular silver prize medal, with rounded corners at top, by Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray, two men fencing in a woodland setting, reverse a pile of rapiers, laurels, etc., 66 x 44mm, in a good quality felt-lined leather case (PBE 267). About extremely fine
France, c.1900. France. “L’Apprenti (The Apprentice), a bronze prize medal by Alexandre Charpentier, young man at a lathe, reverse wreath, 50mm, in case of issue (PBE 157; BDM VII, p.177; cf. BDW 622*). Extremely fine
Hammer Price: £35
France, 1901. France. Émile Molinier, an original bronzed lead electrotype portrait plaquette by Henry Nocq, 82 x 100mm (BDM p.280). Good very fine and scarce
£40–£50
France, 1902. Opening of the Baths at Evian, a charming silvered bronze commemorative Art Nouveau plaquette by Vernon after Charles Beylard, a young woman, naked, seated on a rock in a rustic setting, extending her hand to spring water gushing from a rock, reverse view of Evian, legend below, 67 x 44mm (PBE 975; cf. Gaz.Num. 1904, p.417, 132)). Good very fine
France, (1902). France. Johannes Gutenberg, bronze commemorative medal by Léon Deschamps, bust left, reverse printing press, la lvmiere fvt, 75mm (Classens 157; CGMP III, p.143). Extremely fine
£50–£60
France, 1904. France. “La Rêve du Traveilleur”, a uniface bronze trial of a medal by J.V.S.A. Segoffin, an emaciated naked male figure seated beneath a tree, his right hand clasping his angle, his left hand on his brow, in the distance a sailing boat and the rising sun, 68mm (Coll. Marx 121; cf. BDM V, p.463). Extremely fine
France, 1906. France. Charles Monot (Surgeon), bronze portrait plaque by Alexandre Charpentier, published by his pupils and friends, bust to right, reverse Monot and other figures around an operating table, 60 x 55mm (PBE —). Good very fine and a rare French medical medal
Hammer Price: £90
France, 1906. France. “Le Charmeur”, an attractive bronze Art Nouveau plaquette by Marie-Alexandre-Lucien Coudray, fairy playing a flute in a woodland setting, two figures in the background, reverse two naked children frolicking, 70 x 40mm (PBE 272; cf. BDW 825*). About extremely fine
£30–£40
France, 1906. France. “Le Charmeur”, another example. Similar state
Hammer Price: £20
France, 1906. France. “Societé de Amateurs Independants” , a cast bronze plaquette by Ovide Yencesse, seated elderly male figure studyng a manuscript, a bookcase behind, reverse legend, 86 x 70mm (BDM VI, p.697). Extremely fine and rare
£100–£130
France, 1907. France. Claude Debussy, a uniface bronze portrait medal by Eliza Beetz-Charpentier, bare-headed bust left, 58mm (Niggl 534a; Classens 10). Very fine and very rare
France, 1908. France. Association Générale des Médecins de France, 50th Annivesary, commemorative bronze plaque by Georges-Henri Prud’homme, 58 x 70mm (BDM VIII, pl. 147). Extremely fine
France, c.1908. France. “Le Pere Coq”, a uniface cast bronze medal by François Paul Niclausse, 88mm. Extremely fine and rare, a powerful portrait medal skilfully executed and full of character
Hammer Price: £160
France, 1909. France. Nancy Exposition, 1909, small silvered bronze medal by Émile-Victor Prouvé, seated woman in national costume, reverse legend, matt finish, 38mm (BDM p.701). About extremely fine, toned
France, 1909. France. “Les Joyaux”, a well composed bronze medal by P. Grandhomme, two young women, both seated, examining a necklace, reverse similar figures picking roses, 60mm (Coll. Marx 146; BDM VII, p.389). Extremely fine, two tiny nicks to obverse rim and a small spot of verdigris, rare
France, 1909. France. “Les Joyaux”, a bronze uniface trial of the obverse, “1” on reverse. Good very fine
France, 1909. France. Académie des Sciences, bronze medal by René Baudichon, winged male figure representing aviation holding a young woman in his arms, reverse early biplanes, airships and balloons, a wreath below, caelvm patet ibimvs illac above, 66mm, cased (Malpas 424 [without date] ). Extremely fine and very rare
Hammer Price: £270
France, 1909. France. “L’Hiver et le Printemps”, a pair of uniface bronze plaquettes by Hippolyte Lefèbvre, trial strikings marked “2” and “3” respectively on the reverses, 68 x 80mm (cf. PBE 522; Coll. Marx 143). Extremely fine
£70–£90
France, (1909). France. “Paysans Croates”, obverse trial of a bronze plaquette by Fromgés issued by the Societé de Amis de la Médaille, two Croat countrywomen in regional costume, “3” on the reverse (cf. Coll. Marx 144). Extremely fine, a well modelled and sympathetic study
France, c.1910. France. Cycling, a bronze prize medal by Louis Patriarche, male and female cyclists watching a race, reverse laurel wreath, 50mm. Good very fine
Hammer Price: £32
France, c.1910. France. “L’Artisan et se Famille”, bronze plaquette by Henry Dropsy, a young artisan and his family, reverse houses in a rural setting, chickens in foreground, 72 x 65mm. Extremely fine
France, c.1910. France. “Femme avec Lyre”, a cast bronze tray, reclining nude holding a lyre in her right hand, c.247 x 157mm. A high quality cast in excellent condition
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