1924, France. JEAN COIGNET, President of the Chamber of Commerce, Lyon. By Charles Pillet. Uniface bronze plaquette 68mm x 68mm. $80

Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet, sculptor and medallist was born on 20 July 1869 in Paris . He studied under  Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu and Jules-Clément Chaplain. He won the premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1890. He became a sociétaire des Artistes Français in 1898. In 1900 he won a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Pillet was made a chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in 1911. He won the Salon’s medal of honor in 1923.  Pillet died in 1960.