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France. MARAT. Unsigned uniface cast bronze. Very high relief. Approximately 8 ? inches in diameter.

Price: $400.00

SKU: 15626-12T

 

France. VIRGIN MARY. By Georges Contaux (1891-1984). Uniface studio model cast bronze 173mm, central design: 157mm. EX DELANDE COMPANY ARCHIVE. $250. —– This is a “studio model,” from the Delande company archives, the main purpose of which would have been to serve as a model from which dies would have been made using a reducing machine. Only a very limited number of studio models would have been made with just a few being sold, disseminated or used for special purposes. In some cases, only one “master” studio model would have been created solely for use in the process of die-making. (Delande et Cie. of Paris was a company that manufactured and distributed medals, decorations, flags, and trophies. In was founded in the late 19th century and closed its doors in the 1980s. It had customers throughout the world and produced military decorations and uniform ornamentations for several governments).———- Georges Contaux was born on September 22, 1891 in Paris. He entered the ?cole Boulle, where he studied sculpture and engraving. He joined the 26?me R?giment d?artillerie de campagne at Chartres in 1911. Contaux was wounded during World War I and had two fingers amputated. In 1921 he received an honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. From 1922 to 1923 he worked for the engraver Pierre Lasserre (1870-1943). He then established himself at Vigneux-sur-Seine, where he remained, for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor and medallist. We was a prolific medallist producing about twenty-five hundred medals over the span of fifty years from 1930 to 1980. About fifteen hundred of his medals were religious, another eight hundred related to sports and about 150 were portrait medals. Contaux died at Vigneux-sur-Seine on September 15, 1984.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 2190-13720-12T

 

1929, France. CENTENARY OF ?TABLISSEMENTS JACOB HOLTZER. By Henri-Eug?ne Nocq (1868-1944). Bronze plaquette 74mm x 53mm. $100. ——— Henry (Henri-Eug?ne) Nocq was born in Saint-Mand? (Val-de-Marne) in 1869. He studied under the sculptor, Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu. Starting in 1887 he exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition in 1900. In 1907 he was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. He was interested in and wrote about art theory. Nocq created medals, plaquettes, sculpture and many artistically designed everyday objects. He died in 1944.

Price: $100.00

SKU: Q9818-15272-5S

 

Japan. MARRIAGE OF PRINCE CHICHIBU – OSAKA PREFECTURAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION. Bronze 55mm. A couple of edge knocks at ?1 o?clock? on the reverse. $275. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 4990-20269-1C

 

France. ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE ? GAZ DE FRANCE. 30 years of service. Gilt-bronze 54mm. $35.

Price: $35.00

SKU: 9377-19504-1C

 

1926, France. CENTENARY OF J. JOIRE, banker. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Bronze 68mm. A cut on the leg on the obverse and a nick on the basket. Edge bump on the reverse. $225. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2024) ———- Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born on June 13 1885 at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 7337-19790-1C

 

France. JOHANNES OCKEGHEM, Franco-Flemish composer. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. $90. ———– Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxi?me second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins. He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 4448-19795-1C

 

France. CHARLES-LOUIS DE SECONDAT BARON DE MONTESQUIEU Polictal Philosopher. By Caunois. Copper 41mm. From the series of medals “Galerie Metallique des Grands Hommes Fran?ais.” $40

Price: $40.00

SKU: 4381-8B

 

(2002). Great Britain. JAMES BOSWELL. By Ron Searle, published by the British Art Medal Society. Bronze 75mm. Eimer 2207. $175. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2022) ———— Ronald William Fordham Searle was born in Cambridge on March 3 1920. He is best known as a satirical cartoonist and illustrator, and for being the creator of St. Trinian?s School. He started creating medals long after he had established his reputation. Searle started drawing at the age of five and left school at the age of 15. He trained at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology (now Anglia Ruskin University). In 1939 he enlisted in the army. In 1942 he was stationed in Singapore. He fought in Malaya and was taken prisoner. Searle was moved to the Kwai Jungle, where he worked on the ?Death Railway.? He suffered considerably during his imprisonment, contracting beri-beri and malaria, and was subjected to beatings. His weight dropped to under 90 pounds. During his captivity he made drawings that documented the atrocities he observed. He kept them hidden. About 300 survived the war. They are documented in a book published in 1986. The originals are in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. After the War, Searle served as a courtroom artist at the Nuremberg trials. During the 1950s he produced an extraordinary amount of work, which was published in many leading publications, including Punch and the New Yorker. In 1961 he moved to Paris. He died on December 30, 2011 in Provence

Price: $0.00

SKU: 2466-18028-11A

 

France. PARIS 5TH ARRONDISSEMENT. By Maurice Delannoy. Bronze 68mm. Very slight edge bump at the top of the reverse. $50. ———— Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris. He studied at the ?cole Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules ?douard Roin?. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 7692-18429-7B

 

France. JEAN FAVARD (1902-1965), Mathematician. By Andr? Henri Torcheux. Bronze 68mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 2298-18282-7B

 

France. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PARIS. By Pierre-Marie Poisson. Bronze 75mm. Obv: Two females holding hands, one holds a bag of money, the other a cog. Behind them is a scale and a caduceus. Rev: An inscription on a cog set against rays. Classens 113. $80. ———- Pierre-Marie Poisson was born on 19 November 1876 in Niort (Deux-S?vres). He studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later moved to Paris to study sculpture. He received a scholarship for the Villa Abd-el-Tif in Algeria in 1908. He worked primarily as a sculptor and only turned to creating medals later in his career.

Price: $80.00

SKU: 18488-8B

 

1970, France. F?D?RATION PARISIENNE DU BATIMENT. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 61mm. $75. ———- Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors. He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste ?mile Dropsy. He later studied at l??cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 0119-18283-1B

 

1912, France. HENRY DE LA MEURTHE ? LA NAVIGATION A?RIENNE DEVOL?E PAR L?HUMANIT?. By L?on-Julien Deschamps (1860-1928). Bronze plaquette 57mm x 83mm. $275. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2024) ———— L?on-Julien Deschamps was born in 1860. He studied under Dumont, Delhomme, Thomas and Moreau. Soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais in 1856. He won a silver medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Deschamps died in 1928

Price: $0.00

SKU: 0821-18086-1B

 

1934, Great Britain. 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST LYONS? TEA SHOP. Unsigned. Bronze 51mm. Cased. $60. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 4646-20231-1C