Undated (1930), France. ESCRIMEUSE (woman fencer). By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac. Plaquette 74mm x 40mm. Obv: A female fencer. Rev: A branch. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 355/G. $175. Sorry, SOLD. ———– Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.