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France, 1899. France. Maternité, a large uniface cast bronze plaque by A.L.M. Charpentier [for the SAMF], mother seated on chair breast-feeding her baby, 247 x 165mm (cf. Coll. R. Marx 92; PBE 150; BDM I, 411; cf. ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.58, no.22). Good very fine, rare (£180-220)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Group of Medals Issued by SAMF.

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One of the classic Art Nouveau medallic images; its origins were in a bronze bas-relief of 1883. A trial for the issued SAMF plaque