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

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, 132.55g (Maier 140; cf. DNW 86, 192). Very fine £90-£120

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

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The exposition was held in San Francisco from 20 February to 4 December 1915. The French exhibition building was a copy of the Palais de la Légion d’honneur in Paris.