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1935, France. THE LION OF BELFORT – CENTENNARY OF CAISSE D??PARGNE DE BELFORT (Savings Bank). After Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904). Bronze plaquette 68mm x 49mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2020) ———– Fr?d?ric Auguste Bartholdi was born on August 2nd, 1834 at Colmar. His father died when Bartholdi was only two. His mother moved to Paris where she enrolled him in Le Lyc?e Louis-le-Grand and as a student in the workshops of the sculptor Antoine ?tex and the painter Ary Scheffer. In 1855 and 1856 he traveled in Egypt, where he was inspired by the monumental sculptures. During the Franco-German War of 1870, he served as aide-de-camp to General Giuseppe Garibaldi. His best known work is The Statue of Liberty (La Libert? ?clairant le Monde ? Liberty Enlightening the World). His other best known work is the Lion of Belfort. Bartholdi died in Paris on October 4, 1904.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 16095-2T

 

(1662) England. MARRIAGE OF CHARLES II AND CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA. By George Bower. Uniface electrotype 51mm. Cf. MI 480/90. Described as rare. $250. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 4442-15146-9T

 

French Colonies. AFRICAN SOLDIER. By Huguenin. Bronze 50mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 2484-16275-8T

 

France. 1949. BIANCHINI-FERIER – LONG SERVICE AWARD. By Louis Prost. Bronze 70mm. $120

Bianchini-F?rier is a textile manufacturer, founded around 1880, noted in particular for its luxurious silks. —— Louis Prost, sculptor, was born at Lyon on April 7 1876. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais and won a silver prize in 1935. He was a professor at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Lyon.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 15324-5S

 

Great Britain. INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW, OLYMPIA. CHILDREN?S RIDING CLASS. In a Mappin & Webb case. Bronze 39mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 9825-17748-10A

 

France and Colonies. HOMMAGES AUX MISSIONS. By Albert De Jaeger (1908-1992. Grand Prix de Rome in 1935). Bronze 68mm. $150.

Albert De Jaeger was born in 1908. He won first prizes at l’École des Beaux Arts de Roubaix et Tourcoing and at l’École des Arts Decoratifs at Paris. He studied under Niclausse, Bouchard, Despiau and Dropsy. In 1935 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving. He worked as a sculptor, metal smith and medallist. De Jaeger won many distinctions. He died in 1992.

 

 

Price: $150.00

SKU: 0405-16477-1B

 

France. ADOLPHE RIVET- SELF PORTRAIT. Uniface cast bronze 138mm. $375.

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: $375.00

SKU: 5500-17527-6A

 

France. LÉON GINAIN, Architect. By Gabriel Jules Thomas. Uniface cast bronze 143mm. Unrecorded by Eidlitz. $350.

Gabriel Jules Thomas, painter and sculptor, was born in Paris on September 10 1824. He studied under Ramey and Dumont and began exhibiting at the Salon in 1851. He won two first class medals at the International Exhibitions of 1867 and 1878. Thomas died in Paris on March 8 1905.

Price: $350.00

SKU: 6757-17537-6A

 

Great Britain. ATHENA (Minerva) Award. Unisgned. Gilt base metal 38mm. $30. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022).

Price: $0.00

SKU: 18058-11A

 

France. MÉCHANOGRAPHIE. By Aleth Guzman-Nagotte (1904-1978). Bronze 59mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol 4 896/C. $95.

Aleth Guzman-Nagotte, sculptor and medallist was born in 1904. She studied at the conservatory in Dijon, then moved to the town’s École des Beaux Arts, where she studied under Ovide Yencesse. She was accepted into the l’École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts at Paris, where she studied engraving under Patey and Dammann and sculpture under Sicard and Bouchard. She won the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1929. Guzman-Nagotte died in 1978.

Price: $95.00

SKU: 16617-8A

 

1935/6 (hallmark), Great Britain. THE CADOGAN RIDING SCHOOL. Silver 57mm, 78 grams. OBV: A horse and rider clearing a fence. REV: A wreath. $150. Sorry, SOLD

Price: $0.00

SKU: 18046-11A

 

1913, Germany. IN CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF TWINS. By Arthur von Loewenthal. Bronze 95mm. $125.

 

Price: $125.00

SKU: 17570-8A

 

1867, Ireland. ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS. By Woodhouse. Bronze 64mm. $400. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 17709-11A

 

U.S.A., Belgium. FIELD TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATION, CHRYSLER CORPORATION. Struck by the Fisch Company of Belgium. Uniface bronze 63mm. Slight edge nick on the reverse. $65. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: Q0782-16017-6T

 

1821, Great Britain. JOHN RENNIE, MEMORIAL. By William Bain. Bronze 64mm. BHM 1164 R. $325. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2022)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 18605-1B