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France. BROTHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. By Paul Graf. Uniface, lead-backed Galvano 106mm. EX DELANDE ARCHIVE. $125. ———- This is likely a “studio model.” It comes from the Delande company archives, the main purpose of a studio model would have been to serve as a model from which dies would have been made using a reducing machine. Only a very limited number of studio models would have been made with just a few being sold, disseminated or used for special purposes. In some cases, only one “master” studio model would have been created solely for use in the process of die-making. (Delande et Cie. of Paris was a company that manufactured and distributed medals, decorations, flags, and trophies. In was founded in the late 19th century and closed its doors in the 1980s. It had customers throughout the world and produced military decorations and uniform ornamentations for several governments). ———- Paul-Henri Graf was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer on December 2 1872. He was a student of Thomas and Ponscarme. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1892, where he won a medal in 1920. Graf died in 1947.

Price: $125.00

SKU: A7713-14056-12T

 

1931, U.S.A., France. THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPITULATION OF YORKTOWN. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. Obv: Conjoined busts of Washington, De Grasse-Tilly and Rochambeau facing right. Rev: A map of Yorktown. $100. Sorry, SOLD

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxiéme second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins. He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died on July 25 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 51030-TC

 

France. Winter sports. SKIING. By Laserre. Bronze 50mm. Cased. $50.

Firmin-Pierre Lasserre, sculptor and medallist was born in 1870. He studied under Millet and Br?aut?. He won a gold medal at the Salon of 1927 and was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur. Lasserre died in 1943.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 30074-7C

 

1820. Great Britain. ACCESSION OF GEORGE IV. By Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. Silver-gilt, 70mm. BHM 1010 RRRR. $2,750. Reserved. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 19176-8B

 

1869, Austria, Palestine. VISIT OF FRANZ JOSEPH TO JERUSALEM. By Josef Tautenhayn. Bronze 72mm. $400

Price: $400.00

SKU: 30616-7C

 

1907, France. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE – CONCOURS HIPPIQUE. By Alphée Dubois. Bronze, 50mm. In a contemporary circular case. $40

Price: $40.00

SKU: 4098-42026-10C

 

1794, Great Britain. ADMIRAL EARL HOWE ? THE BATTLE OF JUNE 1ST. Unsigned. Gilt-bronze 24mm. BHM 386. $60. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2022)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 19163-8B

 

France. EMILE ZOLA. By Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856-1909). Bronze 59mm. $120.

Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier, medalist, sculptor and craftsman was born in Paris in 1856. He initially trained as a jeweler, then worked under a medallist. This led him to entering L??cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts, where he studied medal engraving from 1871 ? 1876 in the studio of Hubert Ponscarme. Charpentier first exhibited at the Salon in 1877 with a portrait medallion of his mother and in 1879 exhibited ?Tireur d?Arc,? a bas-relief, which was purchased by Alexandre Dumas. He with Ponscarme, Louis-Oscar Roty and others was responsible for the resurgence of medallic art in France in the late 19th century. Charpentier died at Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1909.

Price: $120.00

SKU: 7829-18447-5B

 

France. Cinema. LE TRAVAIL GUIDE PAR LA SCIENCE. AWARD FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO LA SOCIÉTÉ DES ÉTABLISSEMENTS GAUMONT. By Raymond Rivoire. Bronze 81mm. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: 6594-18825-5B

 

France. GEORGES SEURAT (1859-1891), Painter. By Pierre Bouret. Bronze 81mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 4 284/C. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 4137-18440-5B

 

1937, France. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RENÉ DESCARTES. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. OBVERSE: Facing bust of Rene Descartes. REVERSE: A tree with three main branches and roots extending into the ground. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 381/F.$125 (November, 2021)

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 51029-TC

 

1967, France. FLEURET FÉMININ. (Female fencing). By Marthe Schwenck. Bronze 63mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1696/B. $75

Price: $75.00

SKU: 44027-11C

 

1929 (hallmark), Great Britain. W. GERRARD – BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. Silver 45mm. Cased. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 30438-7C

 

1925, Germany. THE EVACUATION OF THE RUHR AREA. By Mayer & Wilhelm, Stuttgart. Bronze 51mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 42092-11C

 

1871, Great Britain. THE MARRIAGE OF THE MARQUIS OF LORNE AND PRINCESS LOUISE. Unsigned. Bronze 39mm. BHM 2916A, W&E 1148. $90. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2022)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 18688-3B