The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals

FRANCE, François le Rémouleur [François the Grinder], 1907 [issued 1908], a bronze plaque by O. Yencesse for the Société des Amis de la Médaille française, man seated left, grinding a knife, rev. peasant woman standing left, in the act of skinning a rabbit, edge impressed bronze 142, cornucopia and foundry mark of the SAMF, 70 x 49mm, 113.25g (Maier 40; Classens 84; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.369, 10; Coll. R. Marx 131; BDM VI, 695 [given to 1906]; cf. WAG 42, 5447; cf. DNW 188, 839). Very fine, rare £200-£260

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

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Edition of 175, of which 108 were in bronze.