The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part III)

FRANCE, Honoré Daumier, 1952, a cast bronze medal by G. Lay for the Société français des Amis de la Médaille, bust left, rev. stylized puppeteer character standing to right, holding a whip in his right hand and three puppets with his left, edge impressed 3 and with foundry mark of SFAM, 100mm, 255.50g (SFAM 32; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 589; cf. MDC 15, 1490; cf. BDW 13, 427). Extremely fine, rare £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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Honoré-Victorin Daumier (1808-79), b Marseille, painter, sculptor, printmaker and caricaturist