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

FRANCE, Centenaire du Caisse d’Épargne d’Abbeville, 1935, a plated bronze Art Déco medal by J. Sgard, robed female standing left, her hands on the shoulders of a girl dropping a coin into a vase, rev. cityscape, the Collégiale Saint Vulfran at centre, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 50mm, 57.29g. Good very fine £30-£40

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

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In 1935 the artist, a well-known goldsmith and jeweller on Place Sainte-Catherine, Abbeville, was approached by Charles Decaux, archivist of the Caisses d'Épargne, to create a medal and a stained glass window for the bank’s centenary.