The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

FRANCE, Agriculture, 1908, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award plaque by É.-P. Blin, adapted for the Société Commerciale des Potasses d’Alsace, Mulhouse, winged female allegory above a farmer leading two oxen to the right, tablet below un-named, rev. sheaves of wheat above central tablet, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 53 x 40mm, 61.16g (BDM VII, 85; cf. CGB July 2024, 631). Very fine £25-£35

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

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The Société Commerciale des Potasses d’Alsace was founded on 8 February 1920 to exploit the potash basin to the north of Mulhouse