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France. SEA HORSE ? MOTOR BOAT. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 50mm. Slight edge bump and some insignificant nicks. One of Masscaux’s scarcer medals depicting a sports activity in animal form. $250 ————— L?on-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882, He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts D?oratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 1454-16880-5A

 

1896, France. EXPOSITION NATIONALE ET COLONIALE, ROUEN. By Oscar Roty (1846-1911. Grand Prix de Rome, 1875). Silvered-bronze 68mm. $150. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2022) ——— ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

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SKU: 3398-16184-5T

 

France. CATTLE AWARD ? HEAD OF A BULL. By C. Charles. Bronze-gilt 50mm. $75. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022)

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SKU: 3658-15465-5A

 

France. BLACKSMITH. By Jean Vernon. Unifance bronze 50mm. $75. ——— Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 3165-16885-5A

 

France. SYNDICAT CENTRAL DES AGRICULTEURS DE FRANCE. By Albert Herbemont (1873-1953). Bronze 69mm x 53mm. $120 – – – – – Albert Herbemont was born in 1874 and was a pupil of Ponscarme. He won a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1923. Herbemont was a founding member of the Soci?t? Fran?ais des Amis de la M?daille. Herbemont died in 1953.

Price: $120.00

SKU: K8065-15403-5S

 

France. SOCI?T? D?HORTICULTURE ET DE VITICULTURE D??PERNAY. Unsigned. Silvered-bronze plaquette 45mm x 55mm. $120

Price: $120.00

SKU: 8174-18467-1B

 

1957, France. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF LA CHAMBRE SYDICALE DES ENTREPRENEURS DE CHARPENTE DE PARIS ET DA LA REGION PARISIENNE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 80mm. Cased. $120

Price: $120.00

SKU: Q6557-15983-KS

 

1957, France. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF LA CHAMBRE SYDICALE DES ENTREPRENEURS DE CHARPENTE DE PARIS ET DA LA REGION PARISIENNE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 80mm. $90. ————– 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: $90.00

SKU: 7351-17575-1B

 

France. VINS DE FRANCE. By Aleth Guzman-Nageotte. Bronze 58mm. Obv: A female plucking a bunch of grapes. Rev: Grapes in a winepress. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 206/C. $75 – – – – –

Aleth Guzman-Nagotte, sculptor and medallist was born in 1904. She studied at the conservatory in Dijon, then moved to the town?s ?cole des Beaux Arts, where she studied under Ovide Yencesse. The was accepted into the l??cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts at Paris, where she studied engraving under Patey and Dammann and sculpture under Sicard and Bouchard. She won the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1929. Guzman-Nagotte died in 1978.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 20402-2C

 

1945, France. 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF TOULEMONDE-DESTOMBE COMPANY (Textiles). By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920), Bronze 68mm. $75. ————- 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: $75.00

SKU: 3072-17762-1B

 

France. HONOR? DAUMIER (1808-1879), Writer. By Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931). Uniface cast bronze 139mm. $275. ———– Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) was born in Paris. He studied under the sculptor, Carltier and medal engraving under Levasseur, Roty and Tonnelier. He won various distinctions during the course of his career and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur

Price: $275.00

SKU: 3120-16858-6A

 

France JULES AND EDMOND DE CONCOURT (1830-1870, 1822-1896) Writers. Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) Uniface cast bronze 138mm. $275 ———- Julien-Prosper Legastelois (1885-1931) was born in Paris. He studied under the sculptor, Carltier and medal engraving under Levasseur, Roty and Tonnelier. He won various distinctions during the course of his career and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur

Price: $275.00

SKU: 7315-16859-6A

 

France. CREDIT LYONNAIS. By Charles Pillet (1869-1960. Premier Grand Prix de Rome, 1890). Uniface Galvano approximately 10 ? inches in diameter. $450. ——— Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet, sculptor and medallist was born on 20 July 1869 in Paris . He studied under Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu and Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. He won the premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1890. He became a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais in 1898. In 1900 he won a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Pillet was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1911. He won the Salon?s medal of honor in 1923. Pillet died in 1960.

Price: $450.00

SKU: 9562-15628-1T

 

France. SYNDICAT G?N?RAL DE LA BOULANGERIE FRAN?AIS. Unsigned. Bronze 68mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 6107-15630-6T

 

France. SAINT MARTIN DE TOURS. By Georges Crouzat (1904-1976). Bronze 59mm. Catalog G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 110/B. $175. Sorry, SOLD. ——- Georges Crouzat (1904-1976) was a student of Landowski and Jean-Baptiste ?mile Dropsy at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais and received an honorable mention in 1928.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 1437-16148-2T