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1946, U.S.A. WORLD PEACE. By Joseph Kiselewski. AE 73mm. Obv: A female before a globe. Rev: A dove and an olive branch perched on a book. Thirty-third issue of the Society of Medalists. Dark graphite brown patina. No edge stamp at 6 o’ clock. Alexander 33 variety. Reported production of 802 in bronze. In a Society of Medalists cardboard box with its descriptive leaflet. Slight rubbing on highest points, extremely fine. $50 Sorry, SOLD.

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SKU: 10400549

 

Undated (1941), France. FLORE. By Maurice Delannoy. Silver 50mm. Obv: A nude figure of Flora tending a garden. Rev: A wheelbarrow and gardening tools. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 136/D. Slight rubbing on its highest point. $125. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S9-E3192

 

Undated (circa 1920), Austria. ?STERREICHISCHER VERBAND DER KLEING?RTNER. SIDLER UND KLEINTIER Z?CHTER IN WIEN. By Josef Prinz. Silvered-AE plaquette 69mm x51mm. OBV: A bowl of roses, with grape vines on either side and fruit trees in the background. REV: The logo of the society. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S9-11288

 

Undated (circa 1920s), Great Britain. THE AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD. Unsigned. Bronze-gilt plaquette 82mm x 82mm. Obv: A man holding up a plate to a lamp. Rev: Inscription. Cased. Spot on the reverse, otherwise extremely fine. $120. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2020)

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SKU: E-3491

 

1937, France. MUSIQUE. By Marcel Renard. AE 68mm. Obv: Two female musicians with a choir in the background. Rev: An inscribed circular compartment on a background of leaves. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 342/A. Nearly extremely fine. $150. Sorry, SOLD
Marcel Renard (1892-1974), sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs.

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SKU: S2-10703

 

1.???? 1994, France. PRESENTATION MEDAL OF THE CITY OF PARIS. By Maurice Delannoy. AE-gilt. 50mm. ?Obv: A stylized ship above a shield and two decorations. Rev: Inscription. Extremely fine. $15. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: E-2450

 

France. ÉLÉPHANT SOLITAIRE. By Maurice Thenot. Uniface plaquette 76mm x 52mm. OBVERSE: An elephant. Catalogue Général Illustré 373/I. $275. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022)

From Thénot’s series of plaquettes of African animals: Antilopes Impala, Antelopes Koudou, Buffle de Cafrerie, Combat d’Antilopes, Éléphant Solitaire, Girafes, Léopard, Lion et Lionne, Python, Rhinocéros.

François Maurice Thénot was born in 1893. He studied under Patey. He exhibited in the Salon des Artistes and won a bronze medal in 1927 and a silver medal in 1936. His medallic works include a fine series of plaquettes and medals depicting African animals. Thénot died in 1963.

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SKU: 19107-6B

 

(1892), France. SELF-PORTRAIT ? ORFEVRERIE (Goldsmith). By Oscar Roty (1846-1911. Grand Prix de Rome, 1875). Lead-backed galvano 184mm x 89mm. OBVERSE: Roty standing at a work bench. Cf. 3rd panel of Chistophle triptych, Maier 97. $400. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 14255-P9

 

1974, France. LES CHATS (Cats). By Dodie Yencesse. AE 72mm. Obv: A cat. Rev: Inscription and the head of two cats. Extremely fine. $65 Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: S7-10291

 

Germany. VON HINDENBURG. Bronze-gilt 36mm. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 06163-LP

 

1930, Belgium. INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, LIEGE. By Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941). Bronze 70mm. OBVERSE: A scientist and a worker. REVERSE: A semi-nude female. $100. Sorry, SOLD (February, 2020). ——– Godefroid Devreese was one of Belgium’s most prolific medallists. He was born at Courtrai in 1861. He studied sculpture under his father and later at the Academy of Brussels. In 1885 he won the second Grand Prix de Rome. In 1889 he won the first Grand Prix for sculpture at the Academy of Brussels and a gold medal at the International Exposition in Cologne. A brief biography and a complete catalogue of his medallic works is provided in GODEFROID DEVRESE 1861-1941 by Poels, Vandamme and Van Dreiessche.

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SKU: 12799-P10

 

Undated (circa 1900), France. CONSEIL MUNICIPAL. By Louis Oscar Roty and Sven Kulle. Silvered-AE 51mm. Obv: Bust of Marianne, wearing a Phrygian cap and a laurel wreath. Rev: Inscription, cartouche, branches, fasces and a flag.? In its original leather pouch. Extremely fine. $75. Sorry, SOLD
Louis Oscar Roty (1846-1911) was born at Paris. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1875.? In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. He was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance.

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SKU: 001-10382

 

Early 19th century, Germany. BAPTISTMAL MEDAL. By Loos. Silver 37mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2019)

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SKU: Q0115-8S

 

1955, France. PRESENTATION PLAQUETTE OF THE CITY OF PARIS. By Raymond Delamarre. Bronze plaquette 123mm x 183mm. OBVERSE: Various scenes, dates, and buildings chronicling the history of Paris. Rev: Inscription. $275. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2018). ————- Raymond Delamarre was born in Paris on June 8 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and under Jules Coutan at l’?cole des beaux-arts de Paris. He was also a student of Rodin. He was mobilized in World War I and was wounded and captured in 1914. He returned to Paris following the war and won the first Grand Prize de Rome for Sculpture in 1919. He exhibited at the international expositions of 1925, 1931 and 1937. Delamarre is noted for large scale sculptures, and a bas-relief, Les Arts et Monuments R?gionau on the liner ?Normandie.? He created a large body of medals and plaquettes. Delamarre died on February 28 1986. ——- A biography and discussion of his work are included in RAYMOND DELAMARRE 1890-1896, published in 2007 to coincide with an exhibition of his work.

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SKU: 14457-P9

 

1939, France (to a British recipient, Sir Archibald Flower). UNION NATIONALE DES OFFICIERS DE RESERVE. By E. Cournault. Gilt-bronze plaquette 73mm x 100mm. Cased. $225. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 13936-KP