French

 

1968, France. IN MEMORIAM. By Louis Muller. AE 70mm. OBV: A female offering a blanket to a kneeling mother and child. REV: Inscription within a wreath. Extremely fine. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: S9-11549

 

1934, France. TRIBUTE TO PROF. JOSEPH NICOLAS. By Albert Herbement. AE 89mm. OBV: Head of Professor Joseph Nicolas facing right. REV: A view of the Clinique Dermato-Venereologique de L’Antiquaille. Extremely fine. $120

Price: $120.00

SKU: S12-11171

 

Undated (late 19th century), France. MINIST?RE DU COMMERCE ET DE L?INDUSTRIE. By Alfred Borrel. AE 68mm. Obv: Bust of Marianne facing left and wearing a wreath of oak leaves. Rev: Marianne standing before a workman and a seated female. Cased. Patina slightly uneven, extremely fine. $90
Alfred Borrel was born in Paris in 1836. He studied under his father Valentin- Maurice Borrel and under Jouffroy and Merley. As a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He won the seconf grand prix de Rome for medal engraving. We was a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He won a second class medal at the salon in 1880, a second class medal in 1890, and a first class medal in 1893. He was made a chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1906. Borrel died in 1927.

Price: $90.00

SKU: E-4534

 

1924, France. MONUMENT DEDICATED TO ZOOLOGIST YVES DELAGE AT THE BIOLOGICAL STATION AT ROSCOFF. By Fran?ois L?on Sicard. Semi-circular bronze plaquette 76mm x 58mm. Obv: Half figure of Yves Delage at work. Rev: Inscription. (This is a miniature version of the monument, a large semi-circular relief). $150 Sorry, SOLD Fran?ois-L?on Sicard, sculptor, was born in 1862. He studied under Barrias and de Laurent. In 1891 he won the Grand Prix de Rome. He won a first class medal in 1897 and gold medal at the Universal Exposition in 1900, the same year that he became a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais. He was made an officier de la L?gion d?Honneur. Sicard died in 1934.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 2226-19796-1C

 

1932, France. NOCES D?OR (Golden Wedding). By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Bronze 68mm. Cat. Gen. Illustr? vol. 3 341E. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: Q-4729-14855-7R

 

(Circa 1930), France. TABLE TENNIS. By Georges Contaux (1891-1984). Studio model. Uniface cast bronze 176mm. Affixed to a small, rectangular mount on the bottom of the reverse for attachment to some other object for display. Very slight edge bump at “9 o’clock.” $225

A “studio model,” from the Delande company archives. Only a very limited number of studio models would have been made with just a few being sold, or used for special purposes.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 13361-8G

 

1867, France. UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION. Uniface trail striking. Bronze 53mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 14473-LP

 

Price: $125.00

SKU: S11.V06040

 

Undated (circa 1930), France. SYNDICAT NATIONAL DES IMPORTEURS DE CHARBONS PAR VOIES TERRESTRE ET FLUVIALE. By Pierre Dautel. AE 68mm. OBV: A woman seated before a background of roses. REV: An industrial plant with a train and barges. M?seler 18/130. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: S23-12809

 

1925, France. EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DECORATIFS ET INDUSTRIELS MODERNS, PARIS. By Pierre Turin. Octagonal bronze 58mm (The smaller version of this medal). Obv: A semi-nude female, seated on a cloud, supporting a basket of flowers on her shoulder and dropping flowers with her other hand. Rev: A tablet set against flowers. Maier 322. $325. ——– 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 Duexi?me second Grand Prix in 1914, a Premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the completion 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 in 1968.

Price: $325.00

SKU: 48006-5D

 

France, Great Britain, Greece. LORD BYRON. Bois Durci 114mm. $350

Price: $350.00

SKU: 13355-KG

 

(Late 19th century), France. SOCI?T? DES MINES MALFIDANO. By Jean Lagrange (1831-1908). Silver 41mm, 25.7grams.

Price: $175.00

SKU: 6546-7S

 

Undated (mid 20th century), France. PROF. PIERRE CROIZAT. By P. Penin. AE 58mm. OBV: Bust of Prof. Croizat facing three-quarters right. REV: Three buildings. Some slight abrasion marks, otherwise extremely fine. $40

Price: $40.00

SKU: S19-12152

 

France. BOATING. By ?douard-Pierre Blin (1877-1946). Nickel (?) on copper Galvano. Approximately 14 inches x 12 inches. Ex Delande archive. Some copper coloring showing through. $350

Price: $350.00

SKU: 14459-9P

 

1867, France. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE. By Blondelet. WM 58mm. OBVERSE: Putti either side of a standing female. REVERSE: Inscription within a wreath. Some handling. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 13305-Q