Portrait Medals

 

France, literature. PIERRE CORNEILLE. By Jean Dassier. Bronze 28mm. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 63233-KE

 

1883. Great Britain, Scotland. THOMAS COATS – PAISLEY OBSERVATORY. By Macphail. Bronze 49mm. BHM 3147 (described as RRR) $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 62547-KE

 

Vatican. POPE JOHN PAUL II. By Philip Nathan. Bronze 55mm. Numbered 0151 on its edge. $100 Philip Nathan (1941) is a sculptor, medallist, and coin designer. He trained at Guildford School of Art, 1957-62, where he specialized in carving and terracotta modelling, then at the Royal Academy Schools, where he won the silver medal for sculpture. He joined the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1966. Between 1965 and 1968 he worked as an engraver at the Royal Mint.  as engraver and designer, then for the Franklin Mint until 1973. He currently lives in Dorset, England.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 62005

 

France. JOSEPH PERES, Mathematician. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 68mm. $75 Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors.  He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste Émile Dropsy. He later studied at l’École Supérieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 63091-11E

 

1973, U.S.A. BUFFALO BILL CODY. By Henri Lagriffoul. Bronze 68mm. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 62772-11E

 

Italy. (Possible) SELF PORTRAIT OF PISANELLO. Uniface aftercast bronze 57.5mm. OOBVERSE: Bust of Pisanello facing left. Cf. Hill 32, Attwood 59. A loop is solder to its reverse for hanging. $90. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023). ——— Antonio di Puccio Pisano, called Pisanello was born in Pisa around 1395. He died in Rome around 1455. An artist of great talent, he is credited with the introduction of the Renaissance medal. He regarded himself foremost as a painter, signing his medals as such (e.g. Opus Pisani Pictoris [The work of Pisanello the painter]). Although many artists began creating medals soon after Pisanello introduced this new medium, his
medals are generally regarded as the finest of the period.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 2007-16133-6T

 

(1881), Great Britain. CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF GEORGE STEPHENSON. By T.P. Chapman. White metal 45mm. BHM 3097, Eimer 1681b. $60

Price: $60.00

SKU: 0739-18671-3B

 

France. JACQUES JULES BARRE ? ENGRAVER GENERAL OF COINS, MEMORIAL. By Auguste and Albert Barre. Copper 60mm. Spot in the field of the obverse. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 18613-2B

 

1935, Great Britain. ISHBEL MARIA HAMILTON-GORDON MARCHIONESS OF ABERDEEN AND TEMAIR, authoress, philanthropist and women?s advocate; viceregal consort of Canada from 1893 to 1898 and contort to the Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1906-1915. By Ida C. Thoresen. Bronze 75mm. Unrecorded in BHM. In a contemporary, circular cardboard box. $195

Price: $195.00

SKU: 1423-15752-10T

 

1821, Ireland. VISIT OF GEORGE IV TO IRELAND. By Benjamn Wyon and George Mills. White metal 51mm. BHM 1137 unrecorded in white metal. Holed (quite typical for white metal medals of this period, which would be attached to a ribbon and worn. $150. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2020)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 16030-9T

 

1805, Great Britain. SIR SYDNEY SMITH PROMOTION TO FLAG RANK. By Thomas Webb. White metal 53mm. Obv: Head of Sir Sydney Smith facing right. Rev: Inscription within a wreath. BHM 573, Eimer 971, Milford Haven 549, Fearon 256.9, D’Essling 2961. $120

Price: $120.00

SKU: 0118-19024-3B

 

1965, France. PONT SAINT ESPRIT. Bronze 73mm. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 0003-19949-1C

 

1865, Great Britain. THE REFORM LEAGUE ESTABLISHED. By Joseph Moore, published by Messrs Maher & Son. White metal 44mm. BHM 2838. $65. Sorry, SOLD (November, 2022)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 19706-11B

 

1855, Germany. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze 60mm. Hoydonck 124, Reinecke 27, Ross M151. $250. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 20413-1C

 

1889, Austria. FRANZ GRILLPARZER, Writer. By Anton Scharff. Bronze 55mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q5346-7S