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1848, Great Britain. Art Union of London. WILLIAM HOGARTH (1697-1764), painter and printmaker. By Leonard Charles Wyon (obverse after a sculpture by Louis-Fran?ois Roubiliac). Bronze 55mm. Obv: Draped bust of Hogarth wearing a cap and facing right. Rev: Two rival canvassers soliciting a voter (a detail from Hogarth’s painting “The Election”). Plain edge. Beaulah 4, BHM 2301, Eimer 1427. In an Art Union of London case. $225. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 17796-9A

 

1973, France, Literature. JOSEPH DEL TEIL, Poet. By P. Fournelle. Silvered-bronze 67mm. Club Français de la Médaille. Number 19 of a limited edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 763/A. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 30890-9C

 

1874, France. SOCIÉTÉ D’HORTICULTURE DE FRANCE. By Alfred Borrel (1836-1927). Bronze 68mm. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 8228-16236-7A

 

France. ANATOLE FRANCE. By Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972). Bronze 68mm. $75.

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris.  He studied at the École Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules Édouard Roiné. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

 

Price: $75.00

SKU: 1744-16239-7A

 

1937, Great Britain. ABANDONED CORONATION OF EDWARD VIII. By John Pinches. Silver 28mm. Giordano CM246c, BHM 4291, W&E 6682. Proof-like finish (not captured well in the picture). $60. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2021)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 15798-4A

 

France. NATATION. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Pair of medals: Bronze 50mm, 23.5mm. Some glue residue on the reverse of each. $175. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2023)

This medal is from a series of medals created by Mascaux, related to various sporting events, for the Art exhibition held at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. He departed from the traditional representation of the events and selected various animals to capture the essence of each sport. His designs are discussed in an article in the February 1924 issue of Art et Décoration.

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882,  He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts Déoratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

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SKU: 6135-16421-2B

 

1935, France. CENTENARY OF CAISSE D’ÉPARGNE DE MEAUX. By Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953). Bronze 60mm. $125.

Pierre-Charles Lenoir (1879-1953) studied under his father, Charles Lenoir, a sculptor, and under Peter, Roty and Mercier. He first exhibited at the Salon in 1903. Lenoir created numerous monuments and an extensive body of medals.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 6956-15577-12A

 

1878, France. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE INTERNATIONALE, PARIS. By Eugène-André Oudiné.. (1810-1889)Copper 87mm. In its original case. Presented to Nicolas Vamy for Services Rendered. $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 0562-16416-2A

 

France. APPLE HARVESTING. By Adolphe Rivet (1855-1908). Bronze 68mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (August, 2022).

Adolphe Rivet, sculptor and medallist, was born at Veletz (Corrèze) on July 30 1855. He was a student at the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Jules Cavelier, Hubert Ponscarme and Oscar Roty. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, 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: $0.00

SKU: 1352-16243-7A

 

France. PORTEUSE DE FLEURS. By Pierre Turin. Bronze, octagonal 71mm. OBVERSE: A woman carrying a basket of flowers on her shoulder. REVERSE: Presentation inscription. Maier 323, Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 383/K, Classens 130. $200. 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 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: $0.00

SKU: 51020-TC

 

France. CONFÉDÉRATION NATIONALE DE LA BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE FRANÇAISE. By Louis Muller (1902-1957, Grand Prix de Rome in 1932). Bronze 63mm. $60.

Louis Muller was born on February 22 1902 at V?nissieux into a family of modest means. He started to work with metals at the age of 13. He was apprenticed to various jewelers and silversmiths in Lyon. After completing his national service in 1923 he entered the atelier of sculptor Jean-Baptiste Larriv? at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. He later moved to Paris where he studied under Sculpture under Henri Bouchard and medal engraving under Henry Dropsy and Aguste Patey. Muller also studied at the private academy established by Andr? Lavrillier. In 1929 he won the second prix de Rome in medal engraving and in 1932 won the premier prix de Rome. Muller worked for the Monnaie de Paris and for various private makers of medals. He died at Antony in 1957.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 8300-17764-2B

 

1934, France. JEAN PRATS 25TH ANNIVERSARY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SETE. By Raoul Bénard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Bronze 68mm. $75.

Raoul B?nard was born on 30 September 1881. He studied under the sculptor Coutan and the medallists Chaplain and Vernon. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome for medal engraving and, in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. B?nard died in 1961.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 15506-12A

 

1863, Great Britain. ENTRY OF PRINCESS ALEXANDRA INTO THE CITY OF LONDON – Miniature version. By J.S. and A.B. Wyon. Bronze 17mm. BHM 2784 RRR. $300. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2024)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 51015-3D

 

1979, France. LOUIS REVOL – HEMATOLOGY, TRANSFUSION. By Serge Santucci. Bronze 74mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 7405-20675-4C

 

France. SOCI?T? DES AGRICULTEURS DE FRANCE. By Robert Cochet (1903-1988). Silvered-bronze 41mm. In its original box. $35. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022) ———- Robert Eug?ne Joseph Cochet was born in Paris on May 6 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where specialized in designing medals coins and small bronzes under Auguste Carli and Lucien Bazor and. He began exhibiting at the Salon des artistes Fran?ais in 1929 and was made a member. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal at the international exposition in Madrid. Cochet died at Moulins on July 26 1988.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 9156-16828-3A