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U.S.A. France. REN?-ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, 1643-1687, explorer in America. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 68mm. $175

Price: $175.00

SKU: Q2428-15059-6R

 

France. CHASSEURS ? PIED. By Marcel Renard (1892-1974). Bronze 59mm. Cased. $135

Price: $135.00

SKU: Q6634-15057-6R

 

France. LE HAVRE. By Pierre-Marie Poisson. Silvered-bronze 50mm. OBV: A nude female reclining on a dolphin and holding a caduceus. Classens 112. Cased. $50. ———- 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: $60.00

SKU: 17311-8A

 

France. SAINT MICHEL. By Pierre Turin. Octagonal bronze 55mm. OBVERSE: Saint Michael slaying a monster. REVERSE: A circular compartment set against a cross and scales. Cat. Gen. vol. 382/A. $125.————— 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: $125.00

SKU: 30870-8C

 

France. BENEDICITE. By Georges-Henri Prud’homme. Uniface bronze plaquette 73mm x 96mm. Obv: An elderly woman seated holding a bowl of soup on her lap. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 330/E. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 42004-2D

 

1643, France/Italy. THE CAPTURE OF TRIN AND STURI BRIDGE. By Jean Mauger. AE 41mm. Obv: Bust of Louis XIV, as a child, facing right. Rev: A river god with a river nymph in the background. Divo 8, Acad?mie Royale (1702) 8. Rounded edge. Insignificant spot in the field, in front of the forehead on the obverse, extremely fine. $150

Price: $150.00

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Price: $375.00

SKU: 8186-20229-1C

 

1909, France. THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, (Ballons and airships). By Ren? Baudichon. AE 65mm. OBV: A winged carrying a female. REV: Early airplanes, airships and a balloon. Unrecorded by Malpas. Nearly extremely fine. $225. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: S15-10245

 

1800, France. COLUMN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SEINE. by Emile Gatteaux. Copper 60mm. OBV: Busts of Bonaparte, Cambaceres and Lebrun. REV: Inscription. Bramsen 64, D’Essling 849. $275.

Price: $275.00

SKU: 19333-12B

 

France. SOCI?T? D?AGRICULTURE DE L?ALLIER. By E. Dropsy. Silver 50mm. In a circular case. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: Q5868-15095-7R

 

1894, France. CENTENARY OF THE FOUNDING OF L??COLE POLYTECHNIQUE. By Max Bourgeois. AE 68mm. OBV: A semi-nude female seated with various symbols of technology; an airship, viaduct and lighthouse in the background. $150. Louis Maximilien Bourgeois (1839-1901) studied at l??cole des Arts D?coratifs and later, under Jouffroy and Thomas at l? ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1863 and continued to do so every year until his death.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 0845-19017-4b

 

Undated (mid 20th century), France. THE BASILCA AT VEZELAY. By Tschudin. Uniface artists? model 164mm with a border (180mm including the border). $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: Q4539-12648-9G

 

1930, France. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLLEGE DU FRANCE. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. OBVERSE: The head of a female holding a lighted torch with rays issuing forth. REVERSE: A statue of Guillaume Budé. Catalogue Général Illustré. vol. 3 378/D. $225.

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 École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième 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 Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born. (An obituary appears in the 1969 issue “Medailles,” published by F.I.D.E.M.).

Price: $225.00

SKU: 64085-6F

 

1891, France. GUSTAVE SANDOZ, 1836-1891. By S?raphin-?mile Vernier. Uniface cast bronze 157mm. $275. ——— Gustave Santos established a firm of goldsmiths, jewellers and clock makers in Paris in 1864. His son and grandson later join the firm, which eventually closed in 1931. ——— S?raphin-?mile Vernier, sculptor and medallist was born in Paris in 1852. He exhibited at the Salon of 1876 and won a bronze medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. In 1912 he was made an officer of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was the president of the Soci?t? des Artistes d?corateurs from 1905-1910. Vernier died in 1927.

Price: $375.00

SKU: J1254-10120-9G

 

GUINEA. By ?mile Monier. Bronze 59mm. Obv: The heads of two natives. Rev: A bunch of bananas and a map. Issued for the 1931 Exposition Coloniale. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 259/G. Some slight edge damage by the signature on the obverse. $135 ————
?mile Monier, a sculptor and medallist was born in 1883. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and in the studios of Ponscarme and Peter. In the course of his career he received numerous honors and became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Monier died in 1970.

Price: $135.00

SKU: 5938-20628-3C