French

 

1971, France. ESPOIR (Hope). By Juliette de Jekel. Cast bronze 130mm. Number 4 of a limited edition of 100 published by le Club Fran?ais de la M?daille. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 4 996/B. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: 3688-20271-3C

 

An X (1801), France. PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE WITH ENGLAND. By Merci?. Copper 49mm. Bramsen 167, Tresor 87/8, Julius 1020, Schwering 893. $325

Price: $325.00

SKU: 8240-30676-8C

 

France. AGENTS DE CHANGE. By Oscar Roty. Silver (2ARGENT stamped on its edge). 50mm. Awarded to M. Brandicourt. In its original case. $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 40094-2D-1

 

France. SUZE LA ROUSSE ? C?TES DU RHONE. By Michel Rodde. Bronze 68mm. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30818-8C-1

 

1968, France. MOLIERE. Copper 86mm. Published by the Club Fran?aise de la M?daille. Number 136 of a limited edition of 300. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 40012-9C

 

1984, France. FRAN?OIS ISAAC DE RIVAZ, Inventor of the Internal Combustion Engine. By Lucien Gibert. Copper 76mm. Club Fran?aise de la M?daille. Number EE of a limited edition of 100. $100. ———— Lucien Gibert (1904-1988), sculptor and medallist, studied at l??cole des Beaux-Arts se Saint-?tienne and later at l??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He was a student of Jean Boucher and Charles Despiau. He won a gold medal at the International Exposition in Paris in 1937 and at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1939. Gibert was made an officer of la L?gion d?Honneur. He created over 200 medals.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 30896-9C

 

France. NEPTUNE AND SALACIA. By Adolphe Rivet (1855-1908). Bronze 50mm. $80. ———- 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

Price: $80.00

SKU: 3328-18096-1B

 

1519, England and the Low Countries. PEACE AND CESSION OF TOURNAY. Bronze 54mm. Modern Restrike. MI I 27/10 Van Meiris II 68. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 20614-2C-1

 

1856, France. NAPOLEON, PRINCE IMPERIAL. Unsigned. Uniface bois durci 113mm. Obv: Head of Napoleon the Prince Imperial facing left. No imprint on the reverse. ORiginal loop for hanging. very slight chipping to the rim, otherwise extremely fine. $200Bois Durci a darkwood-like material that is made from finely ground wood mixed with abinder, such as egg or blood albumen. ?It waspatented, in Paris in 1855, by Lepage and wasused to make various decorative items, including medallions, at twofactories in France, until about 1927. Objectsmade from bois durci were created in steel molds and compressedwhilst being heated by steam.

Price: $200.00

SKU: 10398291

 

Undated (circa 1930), France. ASSOCIATION LEOPOLD BELLAN. By Albert Herbemont. AE 69mm. Obv: A mother, in ancient attire, bathing a small boy; another child is bathing in the background. Rev: A youth exercising. Cased. $125. ———– 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. He was a founding member of the Soci?t? Fran?ais des Amis de la M?daille. Herbemont died in 1953.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 30694-8C

 

Undated (circa 1940s), France. LE PRISONNIER. By Raymond Tschudin. AE 50mm. Obv: A man seated on the ground with a spade. Rev: A mother and daughter. Cased. Case damaged, missing much of its covering. Extremely fine. $125

Raymond Tschudin (1916-?) was the son of a medalist and came early to his profession. He studied under Henry Dropsy at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He won the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1945.

Price: $125.00

SKU: S7-11037-E4541

 

1918, France. ANATOLE FRANCE (1844-1924), Writer. By Henri Nocq. Bronze 51mm. OBV: Bust of Anatole France facing right. REV: A chicken on a spit, a dress form and a fleur-de-lis. Extremely fine. $90 ———- 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: $90.00

SKU: S21-12583

 

France. JEAN-LOUIS FORAIN, 1852-1931, Impressionist. By Henry Dropsy. AE 69mm. Obv: Almost facing bust of Forain. Rev: Two soldiers in a trench. Extremely fine. $65
Henry Dropsy was born into a family of sculptors in 1885. 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. He became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. Dropsy died in 1969.

Price: $65.00

SKU: E-0484

 

Undated (circa 1960), France. PRESENTATION MEDAL OF THE TOWN OF CRAU. By F. Calvin. AE 69mm. OBV: Head of Marianne facing right. REV: An armorial shield above an inscription. Nearly extremely fine. $35

Price: $35.00

SKU: S13-11071

 

Undated (circa 1950), France. 65TH SPRING SALON OF PHILATELY AND CARTOPHILLY ? VILLE DE CLICHY. By A. Bartelletty. AE plaquette 61mm x 54mm. OBV: A female with out-stretched hands; a youth holding a caduceus and a lyre and another working at an anvil. Extremely fine. $65

Price: $65.00

SKU: S9-11527