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

BELGIUM, Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1897, a uniface silver-gilt award plaque by Baron T.J. Vinçotte for Wolfers Frès, winged Fame in diaphanous robe at left, blowing trumpet and leaning on arch with a distant cityscape, tablet above named (Lucas, John Seymour, A.R.A.), each edge impressed with vp and scales foundry mark, 83 x 71mm, 353.40g (Maier p.132, 49; BDM VI, 280; cf. Kölner Munzkabinett 113, 1060; cf. BSJ 8, 458). Extremely fine and very rare £240-£300

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

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John Seymour Lucas, RA (1849-1923), b. London, was a historical and portrait painter, as well as a theatrical costume designer. See also Lot 21.