Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

France, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1878, a silver award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Ceres left, rev. Fame blowing trumpet, cherub holding tablet, named (V. Brooks Day & Fils), 68mm (Maier 65; PBE 48; BDM I, 402; Jones, Art of the Medal, 313; cf. DNW M7, 2581). About extremely fine, toned; in a maroon case for the 1867 Expo by John Brogden, Goldsmith, Covent Garden, London £60-80