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ITALY, Ricostruzione della Basilica di San Paulo fuori le mura, Rome [Reconstruction of the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls], 1854, a copper medal signed I. Bianchi, bust of Pius IX left in skull cap, rev. internal view of the basilica, 82mm, 256.39g (Bartolotti 7; Mazio 731; Molinari 216; Istituto Poligrafico Exh. Cat. 1980, 279-80; cf. Münz Zentrum 103, 6934-5; cf. Tkalec 2008, 844; cf. BSJ 43, 711). Extremely fine; in original red gilt-blocked case [this much distressed] £200-£260
Hammer Price: £750
FRANCE, Les Baux de Provence, 1972, a bronze medal by A. Bizette-Lindet for the Club Français de la Médaille, radiated arms of the lords of Les Baux, rev. view of Les Baux, star of Nativity above, edge impressed cuivre 1972 no. 4/100 and cornucopia, 72mm, 242.11g (CGMP p.250). Extremely fine, reverse with green patina £40-£50
Hammer Price: £20
FRANCE, Musée Permanent des Travaux Publics, Paris [National Museum of Public Works], 1939, an Art Déco bronze medal by E.-P. Blin, central statue of Marianne dividing panels with heads of artisans representing roads, mining, navigation and electricity, rev. frontal elevation of the Palais d’Iéna, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 214.93g. About extremely fine, rare £40-£60
Hammer Price: £75
FRANCE, Napoléon, AN VI [1797], a large cast bronze portrait maquette by L.-S. Boizot, uniformed bust right, 227mm, 914.20g. Extremely fine and very rare, a handsome piece £150-£200
Hammer Price: £550
FRANCE, Syndicat Général des Fondeurs de France, a plated bronze award plaque, unsigned [by P. Bonnet], male artisan standing left, pouring metal, rev. clasped hands, named (Raoul Sterlin), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 112 x 69mm, 331.67g (cf. DNW M10, 1525). Very fine; in half of original maroon box of issue £30-£40
Hammer Price: £30
ENGLAND, The Lizard’s Tale, 2011, a two-part cast bronze medal by P. Booth [Zahra Modern Art Foundries] for the British Art Medal Society, lizards emerging from holes, rev. Haiku, 85mm, 334.87g (The Medal 59, p.74, and 60, pp.73-4). Extremely fine and as made; in half of original black box of issue £90-£120
Hammer Price: £90
AUSTRIA, Jahresprämie des Künstlerbundes österreichischer Medailleure auf das 100jährige Walzerjubiläum [Artists’ Association of Austrian Medallists on the Centenary of the Waltz], 1929, a uniface cast bronze medal by W. Bormann, naked couple performing a waltz, violin and bow in background, 95mm, 159.40g (Niggl 1939; cf. WAG 77, 2667). Very fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £95
FRANCE, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, 1967, a bronze medal by M. Borsi for the Club Français de la Médaille, elevation of St-Paul-de-Vence silhouetted against a background of the sun and its rays, rev. profile of a young girl left, palette in background, edge impressed 1967 br no. 4/150 and cornucopia, 128mm, 615.20g (CGMP pp.268-9). Extremely fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £85
U.S.A., Exposition Universelle Internationale, San Francisco [Panama-Pacific International Exposition], 1915, a bronze plaque by L.-A. Bottée for the Comité Français des Expositions à l’Etranger, robed female standing amongst ruins symbolic of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the city itself beyond, rev. map of the Americas, the location of the canal symbolized by a radiant torch, above a view of the French exhibition building, edge stamped bronze and cornucopia, 78 x 57mm,...
Hammer Price: £240
FRANCE, Marie-Ernest Gellé, 1910, a bronze plaque by A. Boucher, bust left, rev. naked female seated right on plinth, her right hand placed to her ear to listen, her left hand commanding silence, church at upper left, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 71 x 53mm, 131.39g (Storer 1204; cf. Künker 356, 8460; cf. DNW 176, 375). Extremely fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £260
FRANCE, Poésie [Poetry], 1968, a large cast light bronze medal by E. Bouneau for the Club Français de la Médaille, a nuance which passes, touches and fades spinning in the hollow of a wave, rev. an emerging face, edge impressed br 1968 no. 6/75 and cornucopia, 155mm, 1,362.00g (CGMP p.277). Extremely fine and as made, a substantial work £60-£80
Hammer Price: £55
FRANCE, L’Elit de Carnot à la Présidence de la République [Election of President Carnot], 1887, a bronze award medal by L.-M. Bourgeois, draped bust of Marianne right, wearing cap, rev. oak-wreath, tablet engraved (Gagneur), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 72mm, 186.95g (Marx, Médailleurs Français, p.53; BDM I, 238; cf. Aureo & Calicó 369, 2029). Very fine £30-£40
Hammer Price: £40
FRANCE, Tirs Gastinne Renette, c. 1905, a bronze Concours award plaque by M. Bouval for Orfèverie de Falize, man standing in portico, left hand on hip, taking aim at a target, artisan standing at left, rev. flintlock pistol inverted, target and oak branch behind, tablet named (1926 Revolver Comt, 7 e Prix à Mr P. Ribadeau-Dumas), edge impressed bronze and with the foundry mark of J. Balme, 80 x 51mm, 129.64g (cf. iNumis MBS 22, 1432; cf. DNW 169, 1280). Very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £45
FRANCE, Promulgation de la loi sur les chemins de fer [Promulgation of the Law on Railways], 1842, a copper medal by J.F.A. Bovy, laureate bust of Louis Philippe I left, rev. semi-naked female figure representing Law enthroned on plinth, flanked by Mercury and Mars, trains steaming to left and right in lower background, edge impressed cuivre and prow, 113mm, 610.52g (CGMP p.153; Moyaux 121; BDM I, 246; cf. Swan 253; cf. DNW 199, 1046). Small obverse edge knock at 6 o’clock and a few minor...
Hammer Price: £300
ENGLAND, Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London, 1908, a gilt-bronze award medal by F. Bowcher for Vaughton, seated figures of France and Britannia encouraged into an alliance by a standing figure of Peace, rev. female figure standing in front of the exhibition buildings in White City, named (Burroughs Wellcome & Co, London E.C), 51mm, 60.94g (Allen Pt 3; BHM 3960; BDM VII, 106; E 1903b). Test mark in obverse edge at 1 o’clock, otherwise virtually as struck; in green gilt-blocked...
Hammer Price: £320
DENMARK, Berthel Thorvaldsen, 1817, a copper medal by H.-F. Brandt, bust left, rev. robed female seated right meditating on a design, lyre in background, winged naked figure of Genius at right, crowning a lamp on a pillar, owl at feet, 37mm, 26.08g (Bergsøe 1091; BDM I, 263). Good very fine, patinated £40-£60
Hammer Price: £180
GERMANY, Wuerttembergische kunstverein den mitgliedern [Württemberg Art Association], 1910, a Members’ bronze plaque by G.A. Bredow for Mayer & Wilhelm, naked male approaching a fountain on a three-tiered plinth, statue of Athena in centre, naked female standing at right, looking away, rev. ornate tablet with legend in six lines, 110 x 68mm, 252.25g (Heidemann 1189; cf. Rauch 109, 1958). Extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £130
AUSTRIA, VIII Internationale Physiologen Kongress, Vienna [The 8th International Physiology Congress], 1910, a square bronze plaque by P. Breithut, bust of Ernst von Brücke right, rev. naked male figure taking leave of a bird flying into the sun, 66mm, 160.65g (Hauser 4686; Storer 503a; Wurzb. 985; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.5, 3; cf. DNW 137, 518). Extremely fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £100
SWITZERLAND, Mädchenkopf [Head of a Girl], an openwork cast bronze wall plaque by R. Brem, facing head of a girl wearing a hat, edge engraved Brem 5/6, 153mm, 2,650g. Very fine, a substantial work £200-£300
Hammer Price: £200
FRANCE, Bataille de Marengo, Mort du Général Desaix, AN 8 [1800], a copper medal by N.G.A. Brenet and H. Auguste, bust of Desaix right within wreath, rev. legend in seven lines, 50mm, 58.71g (Bramsen 44; BDM I, 88; Slg. Julius 807; cf. Leu e27, 2772; cf. DNW 178, 673). About extremely fine, dusty appearance £50-£70
FRANCE, Mère et Enfant, 1934, an Art Déco bronze medal by J.-A. Briquemont, mother embraces child, rev. plain, edge impressed bronze and cornuocopia, 50mm, 60.25g (CGMP p.68; cf. Höhn 74, 442; cf. DW 18, 569). Very fine, a charming study £40-£60
Hammer Price: £120
GERMANY, Sonnenmaske [Sun Mask], 1972, a cast bronze medal by Hilde Broër, sun-like face surrounded by quartered border segments with the four elements, fire, water, earth and air, rev. rings representing a partially obscured sun, 57mm, 121.69g (Steguweit 354). Extremely fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £60
ENGLAND, XVII International Medical Congress, London, 1913, Exhibition Award, a gilt-bronze electrotype medal by C.H. Brown, bust of Hippocrates right, rev. robed female seated right, contemplating sun rising over the sea, 98mm, 336.38g (Storer –; Brettauer –). Very fine and extremely rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £140
NEW ZEALAND, Home Gardener, 1996, a uniface cast bronze medal by N. Brown [A.W. Fraser Ltd], male gardener kneeling to left, trowel in left hand, planting, back hand-engraved with legend and 1/6, 125mm, 689.35g. Extremely fine and as made, the first casting £150-£200
BELGIAN CONGO, Cinquantième Anniversaire de l’Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, 1956, a bronze medal by G.-A. Brunet for Fonson, crucible from which metal flows above a map of the Belgian Congo, rev. male engineer demonstrating a cogwheel and a surveying instrument to three male youths, open book on table in foreground, edge impressed fonson, 85mm, 238.10g (Lippens/van Keymeulen 148; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 19, 1; cf. DNW 60, 1566). Extremely fine; in original maroon card case [base of case in...
Hammer Price: £80
FRANCE, Centenaire d’Établissements Kuhlmann, Lille, 1925, a bronze medal by R. Bureau after A. Darcq, bust of Frédéric Kuhlmann right, rev. legend, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 61mm, 96.18g. Very fine; in green gilt-blocked case of issue £15-£25
Hammer Price: £25
FRANCE, Association Générale des Syndicats Pharmaceutiques de France et des Colonies, c. 1935, an Art Déco bronze plaque by L.M. Burger, female seated left, holding urn and branch, rev. pestle and mortar on plinth, latter inscribed (Épreuve d’auteur), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 129.36g (cf. Baldwin 101, 3820; cf. DNW 64, 1398). Extremely fine; rare as an artist’s proof £50-£70
Hammer Price: £190
FRANCE, Exposition Internationale de l’Est de la France, Nancy, 1909, a plated bronze award medal by E. Bussière, robed female seated right with shield, townscape in background, rev. naked boy supporting trophy at left, elevation of the Expo building at right, tablet below named (Arthur Charles, Médaille d’argent), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 65mm, 118.16g (cf. Baldwin 81, 3538; cf. DNW M6, 1466). About very fine £30-£50
FRANCE, Ouverture de la liaison Autoroutière de Lille à Marseille [Opening of the Motorway from Lille to Marseille], 1970, a bronze medal by M. Calka, symbolic A and arrow superimposed over legend, rev. motorway junction, edge impressed 1970 bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 184.87g. Extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £15
FRANCE, Death of Paul Brouardel, 1906, a uniface bronze plaque by J.-M. Camus, central bust left, figures of Truth, Justice and Science around, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 90 x 75mm, 217.17g (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.38, 26; Storer –; Brettauer –; cf. DNW 57, 1326). Very fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £110
FRANCE/U.S.A., Benjamin Franklin, 1818, a copper medal by A.A. Caqué for Durand’s Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium, bust left, rev. legend in 10 lines, 40mm, 37.29g (Greenslet 42). About extremely fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £70
NETHERLANDS, Delta Plan, 1958, a bronze medal by F.A. Carasso for the Vereniging voor Penningkunst, five male workmen at a dyke, rev. two swallows flying past a bare tree-trunk, rising sun behind, 60mm, 88.54g (VPK 1958-1; KB 2414; HS 259-61; cf. Schulman 371, 2702). Extremely fine £30-£40
ARGENTINA, Congreso Internacional Americano, Exposition de Higiene, Buenos Aires [International Congress of the Americas, Hygiene Exhibition], 1910, a bronze medal by E. de la Cárcova for the Faculty of Medicine, two allegorical robed female figures to right, rising sun in background, rev. legend around and between two trees, tablet below, edge stamped bronze and foundry mark of Sargines Prévot, 70mm, 136.40g (cf. Rauch e34, 579; cf. DNW 60, 1553). Extremely fine £25-£35
Hammer Price: £150
FRANCE, Esthétique Industrielle, 1972, a Surrealist bronze medal by N. Carréga for Éléctricité de France, implements of industry, rev. clouds and waves, edge stamped 1972 cuivre and cornucopia, 81mm, 418.20g. Extremely fine, as made; in maroon case of issue £25-£35
ENGLAND, Inigo Jones, 1849 [struck 1852], a copper medal by C.F. Carter for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. front elevation of Banqueting House, Whitehall, edge impressed art-union of london 1849, 54mm, 91.23g (Beaulah 5; Eidlitz 101; BHM 2348; Taylor 34a; BDM I, 356; E 1437). About extremely fine £70-£90
Hammer Price: £160
ITALY, Benito Mussolini, 1922, a gilt-bronze plaque by G. Castiglioni for Johnson, bust left, flags in background, rev. legend on tablet, 81 x 60mm, 221.59g (Maffei/Raspagni/Sparacino pl. 2, 30). About extremely fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £170
FRANCE/SWITZERLAND, Voltaire et Rousseau, c. 1820, a uniface brass medal by F.A. Caunois, conjoined busts right, 48mm, 97.64g (cf. BDM I, 361). Good fine; set on an old velvet backing £20-£30
Hammer Price: £10
ITALY, Arco in piazza del Popolo in onore del Pius IX, Rome [The Arch in Piazza del Popolo in honour of Pius IX], 1846, a copper medal by N. Cerbara, bust of Pius IX left in skull cap, rev. elevation of a triumphal arch, on top of which the Pope stands between figures of Justitia and Abundantia, 62mm, 120.47g (Bartolotti I-34; Spink 2238; cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 103, 6896). Very fine £40-£60
FRANCE, Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze award medal by J.-C. Chaplain, head of Marianne right under the bough of a tree, rev. male figure holding torch above a winged female figure of Victory, Expo pavilion below, tablet named (E. Meng & Cie), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 64mm, 98.35g (Maier 79; PBE 82; Baxter 95; BDM I, 404; cf. DNW 173, 490). About extremely fine £30-£40
AUSTRIA, Mädchen mit einer feder [Girl with Feather], c. 1900, a uniface cast bronze plaque by T. Charlemont, young girl to right, inscribing a tablet, large feather at left, 138 x 110mm, 321.54g. Very fine and extremely rare; the only medallic work by Charlemont seen by the cataloguer £100-£150
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