French

 

1983 (edge stamp), Ancient Rome. 2000TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF VIRGIL. By Saulnier-Gilde, published by the Paris Mint. Bronze 73mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 51049-5D

 

1981 (edge stamp), France. ST EMILY DE VIALAR. By André Greck. Bronze 68mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 51050-5D

 

1906, France. EXPOSITION COLONIALE DE MARSEILLE. By Louis Patriarche. Silvered-bronze plaquette 80mm x 56mm. $450

Louis Patriarche (1872-1955), sculptor and engraver, was born at Bastia. He studied under Louis-Ernest Barrias, Vernon and Hippolyte Lef?vre. He exhibited at the Salon of the Soci?t? des Artists Fran?ais, of which he was a member. He won a third class medal in 1906 and a second class medal in 1910. He was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1924.

Price: $450.00

SKU: 2084-16671-2A

 

France. AWARD MEDAL. By Ferdinand Levillain (1837-1905). Bronze 69mm. $150.

Ferdinand Levillain was born at Plassy on July 29, 1937. He studied at the E?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a student of Fran?ois Jouffroy . From 1861 to 1903 he exhibited at the Salon des Artists Fran?ais. He worked for the goldsmiths Barbedienne and Christofle. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1892. Levillain died in Paris on January 8, 1905.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 50023-5D

 

France, medicine. HENRI-LOUIS ROCHER, Professor of infant and orthopedic surgery. By Raoul B?nard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Bronze 72mm. $135.

Raoul B?nard was born on 30 September, 1881. He studied under the sculptor Coutan and the medallists Chaplain and Vernon. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome for medal engraving and, in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. B?nard died in 1961.

Price: $135.00

SKU: 42089-11C

 

1982, Israel. JERUSALEM. By Th?r?se Dufresne. Bronze 81mm. $175

Th?r?se Dufresne was born in 1937. She studied at the ?cole des Arts Appliqu?s and at the ?cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts e Paris. She spent time in Spain from 1962 to 1964. Over the course of her career, she won various awards. She created an extensive body of medals.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 30423-7C

 

France. WRESTLING AWARD. By Édouard Fraisse (1880-1945). Silvered-bronze plaquette 60mm x 54mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 9700-18483-2B

 

France. MARIANNE – LIGUE POUR LE RETOUR À LA TERRE. By Louis Bottée. Bronze 36mm. $25. ———— Louis-Alexandre Bott?e (1852-1941) was born in Paris. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to a button-making manufactory, where he was responsible for engraving dies. He later studied at the ?cole des Art D?coratifs. In 1869 he joined the atelier of Paulin Tasset and in 1871 he joined the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the Premiere Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1878 and a gold medal at the Salon of 1900. In 1903 he was made an Officier de la L?gion d?Honneur.

Price: $25.00

SKU: 30812-8C

 

Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany. ADOLPHE OF NASSAU WEILBURG, ARCHDUKE OF LUXEMBOURG. By Adolphe Rivet (1855-1908). Large cast bronze studio model. From the archive of the Delande company, Paris. 9 inches in diameter. $600.

Adolphe Rivet, sculptor and medallist, was born at Varetz (Corr?ze) on July 30 1855. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Jules Cavelier, Hubert Ponscarme and Oscar Roty. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, where he received an honorable mention in 1888 and a second class medal in 1908. He died at Gentilly (Seine) on November 8 1925. ———— 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).

Price: $600.00

SKU: 1561-15055-4B

 

1923, France. THE LION OF BELFORT – 26TH SHOOTING FESTIVAL, BELFORT. Unsigned (after Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi). Uniface bronze plaquette 90mm x 70mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 30426-7C

 

France. AVIATION. By Claude Mascaux. Silvered-bronze 50mm. $125.

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saint-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882,  He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olympic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts Déoratifs 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: $125.00

SKU: 5227-17114-4A

 

France, science. CLAUDE BERNARD, Scientist. By Alfred Borrel. Bronze 68mm. $50.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 4240-18660-5B

 

France. DIONYSUS. By Ferdinand Levillain. Uniface copper Galvano 98mm. $150

Ferdinand Levillain was born at Plassy on July 29, 1937. He studied at the E?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and was a student of Fran?ois Jouffroy . From 1861 to 1903 he exhibited at the Salon des Artists Fran?ais. He worked for the goldsmiths Barbedienne and Christofle. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur in 1892. Levillain died in Paris on January 8, 1905.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 30446-7C

 

France. MILITARY SERVICE. France. Silvered-bronze plaquette 45mm x 54mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 9743-20431-2C

 

France. Ship. VILLE DE LA CIOTAT. By M. Leognany. Bronze 68mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 4337-18448-5B