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

FRANCE, L’Histoire enregistre les découvertes de l’Archéologie [History Records the Discoveries of Archaeology], 1904 [issued 1905], a bronze plaque by A. Lechevrel for the Société des Amis de la Médaille française, classical figures in a tree-lined glade, one holding a statuette, rev. statue of a goddess by a woodland stream, trees in background, edge stamped bronze and cornucopia, 180, 80 x 68mm, 143.99g (Maier 27; PBE 518; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.178, 26 and p.308, 18; Coll. R. Marx 117; BDM III, 362; cf. Baldwin 52, 453; cf. DNW 188, 824). Very fine, rare £200-£300

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

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bt J. Lis, November 2001

Edition of 213 in all metals. The artist exhibited a version of the obverse at the 1893 Paris Salon.