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France, Banquet des Maires, 1900, a bronze award plaque by F.-C.-V. de Vernon, emblematic figures of Paris and the Republic raise their glasses to the crowd of civic figures below, rev. fasces and flag, named (F. Lefebvre, Angerville-La-Martel), 63 x 46mm (PBE 971; CGMP p.394; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.50, 192; BDM VI, 243; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 48; cf. DNW 50, 1214); La Marseillaise, c.1900, a bronze medal by H. Dubois after F. Rude, figures representing the Republic against the background of...
Hammer Price: £130
France, Assemblée Générale des Actionnaires du Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée, 1901, a silver plaque by L.-O. Roty, naked winged Genius holding the hand of a female with flowers, two other females standing at right, rev. exterior of the new Gare de Lyon, Paris, 60 x 45mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; PBE –; Coll. R. Marx 77; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 180; BDM V, 239; Moyaux 181; cf. Swan 284; cf. DNW 37, 1231 and 49, 910). Scrape by tower of the Gare, otherwise good very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £65
France, Semper, 1901, a silver Marriage medal by L.-O. Roty, seated couple exchanging wedding rings, rev. statue of Eros atop a fountain under a tree, named (Ethel Chamberlain, Lionel Richards, Highbury, 22 Août 1900), 41mm (Roty Compagnnonage p.92; PBE 866; CGMP p.360; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.270, 61; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 181; Coll. R. Marx 48; BDM V, 233, 235; The Medal 44, p.40; cf. DNW 49, 911). Virtually as struck, unusual named to English people; in original beige Monnehay & Godard...
Hammer Price: £35
France, République Française, 1901, a bronze award plaque by S.-E. Vernier, half-length portrait of Marianne right, rev. branch, engraved (S.N.M. Course de 24 Heures, 4 et 5 Octobre 1930, 6m Cygne, 1er Prix), 74 x 50mm (PBE 941; CGMP p.386; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.49, 186; BDM VI, 227); Commerce, 1910, a bronze award medal by R. Lamourdedieu, draped female seated, surveying a port, her feet on the prow of a boat, rev. sun’s rays shining from head of Mercury, tablet below, un-named, 50mm (PBE...
Hammer Price: £25
France, Hôpital des Jeunes Aveugles, 1902, a bronze plaque by H. Lefebvre for the SAMF, group of young blind women listen to one of their number playing a sitar, rev. blind girl with dog knocking at the hospice door, edge stamped 163, 81 x 69mm (Coll. R. Marx 108; PBE 524; BDM III, 369; cf. DNW 30, 833). Good very fine, rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £45
France, Chambre de Commerce Normandie-Rouen, 1903, a plated bronze plaque by A.-E. Guilloux, serpents entwined around winged caduceus, rev. robed female seated on quay-side with hand on shoulder of reclining female nude, ships in harbour in background, 70 x 51mm (BDM VII, 406 [dated 1904]); Chambre de Commerce de Rouen, 1913, a plated bronze plaque by L. Patriarche, conjoined arms and winged caduceus, rev. reclining female nude pouring water from a vase above aerial view of Rouen, 70 x 51mm...
France, Agriculture, or Travaux des Champs, 1904, bronze plaques by M.-A.-L. Coudray (2, one gilt), peasant driving bullocks pulling a plough, being urged on by a boy, setting sun in background, rev. farmworker with scythe in a field of wheat, named (Offert par M. Louis Quesnel, Député, 1931…1933), both 100 x 62mm (PBE 280; CGMP p.103; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.18, 33; cf. DNW 50, 1218); together with other medals and plaques, in silver (1), plated bronze (4), by Blin, Bottée, Baudichon, H....
Hammer Price: £110
France, Élégie, 1904, a bronze plaque by P.-V. Dautel, female bust left, rev. line of pine trees across the site of ancient ruins, 65 x 45mm (PBE 331; CGMP p.121; Classens 51; BDM VII, 210; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.36, 44; cf. DNW 47, 896). Extremely fine with attractive light brown patina (£50-60)
Hammer Price: £80
France, Abbé Follioley, Caen, 1904, a uniface bronze plaque by C.H. Theunissen, bust left, regarding the Lycée at Caen, 70 x 52mm (BDM –); Quatercentenary of the Birth of Jacques Grevin, 1938, an oval bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, bust three-quarters right, de clermont en beauvaisis below, rev. arms, 32 x 29mm; Saint-Joseph, Le Havre, 1957, a uniface bronze medal by M. Delannoy for Arthus-Bertrand, frontal elevation of church, incuse impression of a seated St Joseph behind, 50mm [3]....
France, Caresses, or Caresse d’Enfant, 1904, a bronze medal by O. Yencesse for the SAMF, mother holds child who caresses her face, rev. branch of apple blossom, edge stamped 104, 45mm (Coll. R. Marx 119; PBE 1010; BDM VI, 693). Softly worked but a piece of great charm, obverse very fine, reverse fine, rare (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £50
France, Paris, c.1905, a uniface bronze artist’s trial for a plaque, signed D.C., female standing at the river-side under a tree, leaning on book, view of Notre Dame at left, back stamped 50 04, 70 x 57mm. Usual scratching on back associated with such trials, otherwise good very fine, patinated, rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £55
France, Ville de Rouen, c.1905, a plated bronze plaque by H. Lefebvre, seated female regarding boats on the Seine, rev. triptych of views, tablet named (Lucien Fresnay, Théatre Français, 20 Juin 1929) (ANS Exh. Cat 1910, p.184, 39; BDM VII, 543). Very fine, rare as a named piece (£30-40)
France, Contemplation, c.1905, a uniface bronze artist’s trial for the plaque by A. Maillard, seated female with open book and standing boy contemplate a coastal view from a balcony, back stamped 40 06, 70 x 56mm (PBE 574; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.43, 106; cf. DNW 46, 795). Trace of old paper label on back and small stain on female’s left knee, otherwise very fine (£40-50)
France, Camille Legrand, c.1905, a cast bronze electrotype plaque by I. Rouchomowsky, bust right, rev. frontal elevation of a building on a street corner, 91 x 57mm. Very fine and extremely rare (£80-100)
£80–£100
France, Société Canine de Normandie [Est. 1906], a plated bronze medal by A. Rivet, Diana with hunting dog in forest setting, rev. arms, 44mm; Exposition Canine, c.1920, a bronze medal by A. Erdmann for A. Rivet, ten dogs in setting by a lake, rev. robed figure of Victory, ville de gournay-en-bray, union commerciale in centre, 45mm; Société Canine de la Basse-Seine, c.1920, plated bronze award medals (3), by L. Bottée and A. Rivet (2), utilising different representations of Marianne on...
Hammer Price: £170
France, Walküre, c.1907, a uniface iron medal by C. Perron, bust left, walküre around, 145mm (BDM IV, 456). Better than very fine, but edge partly irregular and somewhat discoloured (£30-40)
France, Aux Armes, 1907, a bronze award medal by P.-A. Morlon, female figure in armour personifying France left, in Gallic helmet, rev. branches of oak, tablet in centre named (Theuriet, B.C.Q.L. 1908), 63mm (CGMP p.269; BDM VIII, 78; Frankenhuis 238; V & A Exh. Cat. 1998, 33; cf. DW 24, 108); La Victoire, 1920, a bronze medal by A. Rivaud, bust left in helmet, rev. wreath, sun in splendour in background, 66mm (BDM VIII, 161; cf. DNW 53, 1187) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine...
France, Musique de Chambre, 1907, a bronze award medal by C.P. Pillet, young ladies playing violin and piano, rev. naked figure of girl listening to naked boy playing flute, un-named, 68mm, edge stamped 1988 (PBE 716; CGMP p.315; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.23, 112; cf. DNW 51, 1155). Almost extremely fine, lightly patinated (£30-40)
France, Fil de la Vierge, 1908, a bronze plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, Virgin Mary asleep near her spinning wheel, angels unwinding thread from her distaff and spreading it over the fields, rev. flowers linked by threads of dew, legend in four lines at left, 68 x 50mm (PBE 563; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.191, 12; BDM VII, 547; cf. DNW 49, 922). Extremely fine and very rare (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £75
France, Mary-Anne Legendre, 1909, a uniface plated bronze portrait medal by C.-L. Picaud, bust left in revealing dress, 102mm (BDM VIII, 126). Fine to very fine, very rare (£40-60)
£40–£60
France, Phares Blériot Co, Dynamo Phi, c.1910, a uniface bronze plaque by D. Alonso for Etling et Cie, Paris, car in rural setting, headlight illuminates board, Blériot monoplane flies overhead, 100 x 51mm (cf. BDW 13, 168); Automobile-Club de l’Ouest, c.1935, a bronze award medal by M. Delannoy, standing robed female holding torch illuminating a map of the départements in north-west France, rev. coats of arms, legend in centre, named (Rallye Militaire, Deauville 1954, Lieutenant...
£50–£70
France, Compagnie Générale de Navigation, Bonnardel Frès, c.1910, silver and bronze medals by J. Armand-Calliat, paddle-barge on the River Rhône, bridge and township in background, rev. seated female figure holding rudder, lion standing by her feet, 70 and 41mm respectively (BDM –) [2]. Silver medal very fine but artist’s signature erased on both sides, bronze extremely fine, both very rare (£120-150)
£120–£150
France, Ligue Française de l’Enseignement, c.1910, a bronze award plaque by A. Borrel, La France leading a group of men, women and children, rev. portrait medal of Jean Macé on plinth, two seated females at sides, tablet below named (Au Dr. Ch. Coulon), 63 x 50mm; together with other miscellaneous medals and plaques (6), in silver (1), bronze (5), by Chaplain, Borrel, Exbrayat, F. Vernon, etc. [7]. Very fine and better, one in case (£50-60)
France, La Laitière, c.1910, a bronze award medal by L.O. Matteï for Arthus-Bertrand, female seated on stool milking a cow, rev. tablet and wreath, un-named, 50mm; La Laitière, c.1910, a bronze award plaque by P.-C. Lenoir, female seated on stool milking cow stood under tree, rev. dairy produce, tablet below, named (Offert par Aug. Le Comte, 1936), 56 x 49mm; Vache, 1934, a bronze plaque by R. Delandre, cow grazing right, rev. country view, milk-churns and tree in foreground, village in...
France, Les Amis des Artistes, c.1910, a bronze medal by P. Roche for Canale, helmeted head of Gallia left, serpents encircling her arms which are raised above her head, rev. amicitia liberalitas, naked boy carrying flowers on his back, 50mm (PBE 828; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.47, 143); Concours International de Musique, Paris, 1912, a silver award plaque by J.-P. Legastelois, standing female in foreground, violinists, trumpet-players and singers in background, rev. view of a building, naked female...
Hammer Price: £60
France, Le Beurre, c.1910, a uniface cast bronze plaque, unsigned, woman churning butter, 88 x 34mm. Very fine (£20-30)
France, Normandy Millennium, 1911, a silver plaque by A.-E. Guilloux for the Société Libre d’Emulation du Commerce et de l’Industrie de la Seine-Inferièure, standing figure of Rollon on plinth, aerial view of Rouen behind, rev. longboats on the Seine, 68 x 42mm; Normandy Millennium, 1911, a plated bronze plaque by A.-E. Guilloux for A. Bazor, standing figure of Rollon holding sword, prows of longboats behind, rev. aerial view of Rouen, 70 x 48mm (PBE 477; cf. DNW 50, 1302); Normandy...
Hammer Price: £40
France, Société Canine de Normandie, c.1912, a uniface plated bronze plaque by P.-E. Dreux, triptych featuring Diana with hunting dogs, dogs with handler and wild pig, and seated faun playing flute, back named (Exposition Canine de Rouen 1914, Cora braque d’Auvergne, à Mr M. Hannoire, 2e Prix), 50 x 35mm. Extremely fine, a charming and detailed work (£30-50)
France, Hommage to Henry Deutsch de La Meurthe, 1912, a bronze plaque by L.-J. Deschamps, bust left, birds flying around, rev. seated semi-naked female releasing a winged figure over a view of Paris, Eiffel Tower at left, 83 x 57mm (PBE 362; BDM –; cf. DNW 48, 946). Extremely fine, but rather heavily spotted on reverse (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Aviation, 1912, a bronze award medal by Françoise Montagny, eagle and figure of Genius above early monoplane, rev. eagle’s wings above tablet and globe, named (Pierre), 68mm (PBE 605; CGMP p.264; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.22, 98; cf. DNW 44, 985). Very fine; in original Arthus-Bertrand maroon fitted case (£30-40)
France, Alsace, 1912, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, head of an Alsace woman left, rev. houses in Strasbourg, bird’s nest in foreground, 68 x 51mm (CGMP p.332; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.45, 118; BDM VIII, 147; cf. DNW 38, 784). Extremely fine with attractive chocolate patina (£30-40)
France, Alsace, 1912, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, similar, 68 x 51mm (CGMP p.332; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.45, 118; BDM VIII, 147; cf. DNW 38, 784); Saint-Odile, 1935, an Art Deco bronze medal by P.-A. Morlon, half-length bust of St Odile facing, hands in prayer, rev. St Odile giving benediction to the town of Obernai, monastery of Hohenburg in distance, 59mm (CGMP p.273; cf. DNW 49, 930); La Savoyarde, 1939, a bronze plaque by C.-M. Favre-Bertin, bust of a lady of Savoy in traditional...
Hammer Price: £95
France, Bourbonnaise, 1913, a gilt-bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, bust of a Bourbon lady right in regional costume, rev. couple dancing in field, musician leaning against tree in background, 64 x 46mm (CGMP p.352; BDM VIII, 55; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.47, 156; cf. DW 19, 276). Extremely fine, attractive (£40-50)
France, Limousine, 1913, a gilt-bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, bust of a young lady of Limoges right in traditional costume, rev. ruins of the Chalus Tower and the ramparts of Limoges, 63 x 51mm (CGMP p.353; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.24, 136). Extremely fine, scarce (£40-50)
France, Le Vêtement du Prisonnier de Guerre, 1914, a uniface cast bronze plaque by M. Blondat after Forain, prisoner of war seated, writing pad perched on his knee, left hand to his forehead, 133 x 80mm; together with struck bronze plaques (2, one plated), similar, rev. legend in 8 lines, plated piece named (À Madame Charles Petit), both 70 x 41mm (Frankenhuis 104). [3]. Very fine and better; first pierced at corners to facilitate display (£50-70)
France, Saintongeaise, 1914, a bronze plaque by Ernesta Robert-Mérignac, bust of a young Saintes lady left in regional costume, rev. Saintes Cathedral, 63 x 50mm (CGMP p.354; BDM VIII, 161; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.47, 157; cf. DW 19, 278). Obverse a trifle dirty, very fine, reverse about extremely fine (£25-35)
France, Prince Rupert of Bavaria and the German Army at the Gates of Douai, 1914, a bronze medal, unsigned, elevation of the citadel of Douai, rev. plan of the fortifications, 50mm; General de Castelnau, c.1918, a silver medal by Huguenin, bust in cap three-quarters right, rev. cavalry charge, 40mm (BDM VII, 468); together with Germany, Austria, etc., iron medals (9), by Weinberger, Schmidt, Chudzinski, Bachmann, Schenkle, Lauer, etc, and a uniface oval brass medal for the Armistice at...
France, Maréchal Joffre, c.1915, a large uniface cast bronze medal by C.R. Samuel, uniformed bust left, legend around, 165mm (cf. BDW 5, 90). Very fine (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £30
France, Destruction of Reims, or L’Aurore, 1915, a bronze plaque by L.-J. Chavalliaud, German soldier fleeing scene of destruction, pursued by Goddess of War and Angel of Peace, rev. view of city square, cock trampling German eagle in foreground, 80 x 60mm (Frankenhuis 127; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl.35, 26; cf. DNW 53, 1183); together with other miscellaneous base metal medals and plaques (6), by Bénard, Chabaud, Herbemont, etc [7]. First very fine, others in varied state (£40-50)
Hammer Price: £70
France, Henri Alpy, 1915, a bronze plaque by G.-H. Prud’homme, bust left, rev. legend above wreath, 70 x 55mm (BDM –); Casino de la Forêt, Le Touquet, 1920, a uniface plated bronze plaque by P.-V. Dautel for Arthus-Bertrand, tablet above flowers, engraved (Bal Costume, 1920), 62 x 51mm; Henri Rousselle, 1922, a bronze medal by C.P. Pillet, bust left, rev. view of the Parisian suburbs, 63mm [3]. All very fine; second in original green fitted case (£40-50)
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