France. SOCIÉTÉ D’AGRICULTURE ET DE VITICULTURE DE L’ARRONDISSEMENT DE TIERS. By Heinrich Kautsch (1859-1943). Bronze plaquette 56mm x 39mm. Cased. $75.

Heinrich Kautsch was born in Prague in 1859. He studied at the Schools for Decorative Art in Prague and Vienna. He was active in France from 1889 to 1914. Kautsch created objects of art for the Pope and several royal families. He won many awards including several foreign orders. He died in Vienna in 1914. (See Au Creux de la Main p.93 for a more detailed biography).