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ENGLAND, David Roberts, 1875, a silver medal by G.T. Morgan for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. Moorish scribe addressing a seated female at left, a scene taken from one of Roberts’ paintings, 56mm, 92.47g (Beaulah 22; BHM 3016; BDM IV, 148; E 1649). Small reverse rim bruise at 12 o’clock, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck, very rare; perhaps only 30 struck and awarded as prizes by the Union in 1875 £300-£400
Hammer Price: £900
FRANCE, Femme nue au lac [Naked Woman at the Lake], a uniface Art Nouveau bronze plaque by L. Morin, rear view of naked female walking right on the edge of a lake, her hands clasped behind her head, 60 x 30mm, 72.69g [including mount]. Very fine, rare; set on velvet-covered frame, with hinge and hook for suspension £40-£60
Hammer Price: £220
ENGLAND, In Praise of Limestone, 1987, an openwork cast bronze medal by D. Morris for the British Art Medal Society, images of water-worn landscape of the Yorkshire Dales on both sides, edge impressed dm 16, 96mm, 416.24g (Attwood 49; The Medal 12, p.82). Extremely fine, green patina £40-£60
Hammer Price: £90
FRANCE/CANADA, Grand Nord à la Saint Jean d’Été [Far North at Midsummer], 1973, an openwork bronze medal by J.-J. Morvan for the Club français de la Médaille, water clearing large areas of partially drifted snow and accumulating in small ponds glistening in the sun, edge impressed br 1973 no 4/40 and cornucopia, 114mm, 573.57g (CGMP p.1354). Extremely fine, green patina £40-£50
Hammer Price: £60
ENGLAND, George and the Dragon, 1986, a cast bronze medal by Nicola Moss [High Wycombe] for the British Art Medal Society, partly carved intaglio in marble, partly modelled in wax, St George on horseback left, attempting to bridle the dragon into his control, rev. naked maiden in the act of cutting her hair, fish swimming at left, 116 x 103mm, 549.00g (Attwood 40; The Medal 10, p.77; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.84, 162; cf. DNW M13, 1170). Extremely fine, as made £80-£100
Hammer Price: £240
FRANCE, Angelo Mariani, 1905, an Art Nouveau silver plaque by L.-E. Mouchon, half-length figure seated right at laboratory table, piping coca solution into bottle, other vessels in background, rev. naked Latin-American female kneeling left, holding torch and a branch of coca plant to flavour a wine glass held up by an aged European artisan seated left, jungle foliage and mountains in background, three llamas or alpacas at centre, Helios driving chariot to right above, edge impressed argent...
Hammer Price: £700
GERMANY, Industrie und Gewerbe-Ausstellung Rheinland-Westfalen, Dusseldorf [Industry and Trade Exhibition Rhineland-Wesphalia], 1902, a bronze medal by H. Mueller for O. Oertel, winged figure of Fame seated right on pedestal, blowing trumpet and with arm round the shoulder of a semi-naked artisan standing right, rev. legend in nine lines encircled by wreath, 70mm, 136.54g (DGMK 8, 946; BDM IV, 191; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 188, 5293; cf. Noonans 264, 930). About extremely fine, patinated ...
Hammer Price: £65
GERMANY, Homo Superior, 2002, a cast bronze medal by N. Müller [Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Halle], Devil and a baby supported by umbilical cords, rev. baby with its stomach connected to two cords, 3 in lower field, 110mm, 460.74g (The Medal 41, p.100). Extremely fine, vestiges of dusty grey patina, rare £70-£90
Hammer Price: £80
ENGLAND, Time Spent, 2012, a cast bronze medal by Jo Naden [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, patterned dandelion seed-head, rev. concave hemisphere, centre with applied golden patina, 82mm, 573.07g (The Medal 61, pp.71-2). Extremely fine, as made; in original black box of issue [some damage to base] £70-£90
Hammer Price: £150
FRANCE, Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, a bronze medal by H. Navarre, after H. Favier, for Canale on behalf of Philips of Eindhoven, legend around Philips logo, rev. fountains of light incorporating radio masts, edge impressed v. canale and foundry mark, 55mm, 87.90g (cf. iNumis MBS 34, 1196; cf. DNW M5, 1570). Extremely fine, scarce; in red case of issue £40-£50
GERMANY, 400 Jubiläum der Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst, Bamberg [Quatercentenary of the Invention of the Art of Printing], 1840, a copper medal by J.J. Neuss, city view, rev. printing press and coat of arms, 34mm, 19.23g (Forster 540; Jehne 33; BDM IV, 253; cf. Gorny & Mosch 277, 1034). About extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £25
SWITZERLAND, Bicentenaire de la naissance de Jean-Jacques Rousseau [Bicentenary of the Birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau], 1912, a bronze medal by A. de Niederhäusern, bust left, rose-branch behind, rev. legend in 7 lines, edge impressed bronze and with foundry mark, 57mm, 91.60g (Martin 76; Coll. R. Marx 487; cf. Sincona 43, 4287; cf. Noonans 257, 598). Good very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £20
SWEDEN, Baltiska Utställningen, Mälmo [Baltic Exhibition], 1914, a uniface bronze plaque by A. Nilsson, three wild geese flying past a tower, back impressed a. nilsson and with foundry mark, 62 x 45mm, 59.66g. Good very fine £30-£40
U.S.A./GERMANY, In the Land of Zarathustra, a cast bronze medal by E.R. Nitschke, bust of Friedrich Nietzsche left, rev. serpent coiled around eagle flying left over sea, sun and mountains in background, 76mm, 287.43g. Extremely fine, fields patinated; in black box of issue stamped ≠24 £30-£50
FRANCE, Jean Garel, 1911, a bronze plaque by H.-E. Nocq, bust left, rev. stepped archway in which stands a crane investigating the throat of a dog which has its left forepaw raised, edge impressed bronze and foundry mark, 68 x 48mm, 93.27g (PBE 636; Classens 19; Storer 1185; BDM VIII, 97). Extremely fine, patinated £60-£80
ISRAEL, 1st Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, Jerusalem, 1974, a silver medal by M. Nov after P.R. Picasso, Nelo Wolfson and Y. Anidi for the State of Israel, outlined head of Rubinstein left, rev. legend in seven lines, Hebrew script around, edge impressed 2257, state of israel sterling 935, 45mm, 47.52g (cf. Katz 69, 2673). Extremely fine £25-£35
NETHERLANDS/U.S.A., Reispenning [Medal for Travellers], 1992, a hinged or ‘folding’ silver medal by W. Noyons for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, a flat globe which folds into quadrants, two of which bear the dates 1492 and 1992, 47mm, 41.48g (VPK 1992-1; Til. 4503; The Medal 22, p.142, and 25, pp.112-13; cf. MPO 72, 1454). Extremely fine, an innovative piece; in protective black foam disc and sleeve as issued £40-£50
FRANCE, Challenge de Gramont, 1927, a uniface octagonal silver award plaque by Louise Ochsé, aviator in cap and visor left, tablet below, named (5e. G.O.A. Avord, Sergent Alfred Verpillot, 1927-1928), edge impressed 2 argent and cornucopia, 72mm, 192.87g (cf. BDW 13, 299). About extremely fine and very rare; in original red gilt-blocked case [base with some damage] £200-£300
Hammer Price: £340
SWEDEN, Selma Lagerlöf, a cast bronze medal by A. Ohlson [H. Bergman], bust left, rev. Fame supporting trumpet on which an owl perches, gesturing to naked child holding an open book and seated on a cloud, edge impressed h. bergman fud, 71mm, 165.23g (cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 111, 1160). Very fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £40
AUSTRIA, 25-jähriges Jubiläum des Wiener Athletiksport Clubs [25th Anniversary of the Vienna Athletic Club], 1921, a uniface bronze plaque by B. Ordner, naked male athlete standing facing, body turned to right, supporting a statue of a discus thrower in his hands, oak-wreath below, 60 x 32mm, 43.69g (cf. Numisor e9, 302, recté Wiener Athletiksport Club). Very fine £20-£30
ITALY, Nicolò Duodo, 1720, a gilt-bronze medal by G. Ortolani, bust left, rev. the sanctuary of seven churches in Monselice, 60mm, 49.89g (Voltolina 1411; Molinari 113; cf. ‘Serenissima’ III, 5 [= Astarte XIX, 454]). Obverse very fine, reverse better and highly detailed, gilding well preserved, very rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £75
ENGLAND, Manchester & Liverpool Agricultural Society, a silver award medal by T. Ottley, farmyard scene with cattle, sheep and hay wagon, rev. wreath, named (Messrs. C.D. Young & Co, of Liverpool, for exhibiting an Anti-Metallic Churn Invented & patented by Mr P.R. Drummond, Octr. 7 1851), 48mm, 59.63g (cf. DNW M13, 1264). Some peripheral toning, otherwise extremely fine; set in a glazed lunette with silver band, clip and ring for suspension £150-£200
ALGERIA, Aggrandissement de la cathédrale Saint-Philippe à Alger [Expansion of Saint-Philippe Cathedral], 1853, a copper medal by E.-A. Oudiné, front elevation of the cathedral flanked by a palm-tree and a crucifix, rev. legend in 15 lines, further legend around, edge impressed cuivre and hand, 68mm, 159.18g (Ruedas 57; Page-Divo 161; Escande 211; CGMP p.198; cf. iNumis MBS 48, 1325; cf. DW 24, 20). Extremely fine £90-£120
Hammer Price: £120
PORTUGAL, Hospital de José Joaquim Fernandes, Beja, 1970, a bronze medal, unsigned [by A. de Paiva] for the Ministerio das Obras Publicas, elevation of hospital, rev. sun shining on inverted tree with fruit, edge impressed gravo, 80mm, 193.57g. Extremely fine £10-£15
Hammer Price: £5
U.S.A., James Ross Snowden, 1859, a copper medal by A.C. Paquet, bespectacled bust almost facing, rev. elevation of the U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, 80mm, 289.75g (Julian MT-3; Failor/Hayden 303; BDM VIII, 109; cf. Stack’s/Bowers March 2017, 86). Usual linear die crack in reverse exergue, cabinet friction on nose and a reverse rim nick at 10 o’clock, otherwise about extremely fine, attractively patinated £300-£400
Hammer Price: £380
ARGENTINA, Monumento al Ejercito de los Andes, Mendoza [Monument to the Army of the Andes], 1914, a plated bronze medal by Pastorino y Sala after J.M. Ferrari, statue of winged figure of Freedom with broken chains in her hands urging a group of charging cavalry to left, rev. landscape with mountains in background, edge impressed cobre, 50mm, 71.96g. Very fine, dark tone £30-£40
Hammer Price: £50
FRANCE, J.H. Fabre, 1911 [issued 1925], a bronze plaque by L. Patriarche, seated figure of Fabre examining insects on the leaf of a plant on a table with a magnifying glass, rev. Fabre’s house and garden, scorpion, cricket and other insects in foreground, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 108.08g (PBE 685; CGMP p.304; Classens 16; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 43, 115; cf. DNW 48, 712). About extremely fine and lightly patinated, an attractive study £60-£80
Hammer Price: £200
AUSTRIA, Maid mit Gans [Maid with Geese], 1895, a uniface bronze plaque by F.X. Pawlik, goose-girl standing right, holding a jug in her right hand and urging a flock of geese forward with a branch, 60 x 45mm, 51.64g (Loehr 66; BDM IV, 436; cf. Möller 71, 769; cf. DNW M2, 2418). Charming style, adhesive label on back, otherwise good very fine and patinated £40-£50
Hammer Price: £130
FRANCE, La Route, c. 1935, an Art Déco silver award medal by R. Pelletier for the Fédération Nationale des Transports Routiers, naked man kneeling to left against a kilometre stone and holding a motor-coach, tree in background, rev. motor-coach and star, named (A. Goulet), edge impressed 1 argent and cornucopia, 50mm, 78.68g (cf. iNumis MBS 44, 1435; cf. DNW 50, 1317). Trifling reverse edge nicks, otherwise very fine, dark-toned £40-£60
FRANCE, Taureau [Bull], 1880, a cast bronze plaque by C.V. Peter, bull running left, head turned to viewer, 127 x 77mm, 219.43g (BDM IV, 462; cf. DNW M2, 2670). Good very fine, patinated £120-£150
Hammer Price: £140
FRANCE, Achèvement du Palais de la Bourse et du Tribunal de Commerce, Paris [Completion of the Palais de la Bourse and the Tribunal de Commerce], 1825, a pair of silver and copper medals by L.M. Petit, conjoined busts of Louis XVIII and Charles X left, revs. seated figure of Paris passing key to robed female figure of Commerce and naked male figure of Mercury holding a caduceus, both 68mm, silver 180.15g, copper 130.82g (Collignon 491; BDM IV, 466; cf. Künker 387, 583; cf. DNW 50, 1149)...
Hammer Price: £950
FRANCE, Chambre de Commerce de Saint-Étienne, c. 1910, a silver award medal by E.E.J. Peynot, robed females with seated artisan, rev. implements of industry, named (H. Valladaud), edge impressed 1909-1925 argent and with two foundry marks, 62mm, 121.37g (cf. CNG e448, 619). Tiny reverse edge nick, otherwise extremely fine; in red gilt-blocked fitted case of issue by Maison Ludovic Penin, Graveur en Médailles, 21 quai de la Bibliothèque, Lyon £40-£60
AUSTRIA, Nur ein Geiger [Just a Violinist], 1909, a uniface bronze plaque by C. Philipp for the Wiener Gesellschaft von Freunden der Kleinplastik, male violinist seated to right, archway in background, back with issuer’s name and impressed 43, foundry mark on edge, 75 x 70mm, 153.18g (cf. Antium Aurum VII, 567; cf. Rauch e22, 4182). Extremely fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £100
BELGIUM, Bevrijding van Gent [The Liberation of Ghent], 1944, a bronze plaque by O.M. Piette for Fonson, standing guard in medieval armour regarding eagle flying above a maple leaf, unicorn, bison and advancing soldiers, rev. honour to our liberators, edge impressed j fonson and with foundry mark, 90 x 81mm, 296.87g (cf. Elsen 101, 1647 for obv.; cf. BSJ 48, 426 for obv.). Very fine; in faded maroon case of issue £40-£50
Hammer Price: £45
FRANCE, Agriculture, 1906, a silver award plaque by C.P.G.A. Pillet, Ceres accompanying two bullocks ploughing right, led by a peasant, rev. artisan seated under a tree right, holding a stick while contemplating a field of wheat, tablet at right (Exposition Prades 1929), edge impressed 2 argent and cornucopia, 65 x 48mm, 93.83g (CGMP p.315; BDM IV, 537; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 44, 110; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.236, 1; cf. MDC 10, 115; cf. DNW 150, 3158). Very fine £50-£70
ENGLAND, Battle of Waterloo, [1815], an original filled copper electrotype copy of the proposed medal by B. Pistrucci, laureate busts of the Prince Regent, Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia, and Frederick William III of Prussia conjoined left, mythological scenes around, rev. Wellington and Blücher in Roman dress on horseback left, guided by Victory, Jupiter in quadriga above, frieze depicting the battle of the giants below, 133mm, 680.40g (Eimer 57; BHM 870; BDM IV, 593-6; E...
Hammer Price: £500
ENGLAND, Reason versus Pleasure, 1985, an openwork uniface cast bronze medal by C.J. Plackman [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, pick-axe prising a loaf of bread on a divided mill-stone held by a sledge-hammer, ball and chain at upper right, 108mm, 593.76g (Attwood 23; The Medal 6, p.47; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.84, 170; Jones, CBM, p.52, no.1). Extremely fine, as made £60-£80
ENGLAND, Rearing Stallion, 1984, a uniface cast bronze medal after E. Plazzotta [Royal Mint] for Original Casts SA, horse rearing to left, back with label ‘1’ affixed, 60mm, 118.13g (cf. Tooveys, Nov. 2018, 2533). Extremely fine; in blue fitted case of issue, with certificate confirming this as the first medal cast, dated 2 July 1984 £30-£40
Hammer Price: £30
FRANCE, Colonne à Bonaparte à Marseille, AN X [1802], a copper medal by P. Poize, bust left in military attire, rev. fountain, column surmounted by bust of Napoléon, 43mm, 49.10g (Bramsen 235; Slg. Julius 1116; BDM IV, 636-7; cf. Gadoury e39, 281). Some edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine with original colour £40-£60
CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Štátna melioračná správa, Bratislava [State Amelioration Administration], 1990, a silver medal by M. Polonsky, five naked females bathing in the perimeter of a large fountain, rev. a drop of water supporting the life of flora and fauna, 80mm, 202.49g (Rauch e30, 739). Matt surfaces, extremely fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £95
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