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France. VEND?ENNE. By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac (1849-1933). Bronze 45mm x 64mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 354/E. $90. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2022) ———– From Robert- M?rignac?s series of plaquettes depicting women in regional costumes of France: Alsacienne, Angevine, Auvergnate, Boulonnaise, Bourbonnaise, Bressane, Bretone, Catalane, Charentaise, Limousine, Lorraine, Normanide, Olonnaise, Poitevine, Proven?ale, Saintongeaise, Vend?enne. —————-

Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

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SKU: 0108-16087-2T

 

France. BOURBONAISE. By Ernesta Robert-Mérignac (1849-1933). Bronze 45mm x 64mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 352/B. $90.

From Robert- M?rignac?s series of plaquettes depicting women in regional costumes of France: Alsacienne, Angevine, Auvergnate, Boulonnaise, Bourbonnaise, Bressane, Bretone, Catalane, Charentaise, Limousine, Lorraine, Normanide, Olonnaise, Poitevine, Proven?ale, Saintongeaise, Vend?enne.

Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 8012-16091-2T

 

Belgium. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ANTWERP. BY Floris de Cuyper. Bronze 65mm. $125. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2022)

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SKU: 8158-17533-6A

 

Russia. ST. ISAAC’S CATHEDRAL, ST. PETERSBURG. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze 60mm. Hoydonck 158, Reinecke M210, Ross M210. $600. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2022)

Jacques Wiener, whose given name was Jacob, was born on March 2, 1815, at Hoerstgen (Rhine Province) to Hungarian parents. He seems to have started using Jacques as his name when he moved to Belgium. At the age of 13 he went to live with his uncle Baruth, an artist, and studied drawing, modelling and engraving. In 1835 he moved to Paris to perfect his skills and in 1839 moved to Brussels, where he established himself as an engraver. He became a naturalized Belgian in 1845. He created an extensive body of medals and is best known for his finely detailed architectural medals, especially his series of Most Remarkable Edifices. He is also widely known for engraving the first Belgian postage stamp. Wiener died in Brussels in 1899.

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SKU: 19102-6B

 

Argentina. ASSOCIATION RURAL DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE SORIANO. By Tammaro. Silver (stamped PLATA on its edge) 45mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 16883-5A

 

France. DISCOVERY OF 100 PLANETS BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER. By Alph?e Dubois (1831-1905. Grand Prix de Rome, 1855). Bronze 68mm. (Cornucopia mintmark, so struck after 1880). Collignon 1957. A couple of light scratches on the obverse. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: 17351-5A

 

1954, France. SOUS COMPTOIR DES ENTREPRENEURS. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 72mm. Obv: A female holding a plan; workmen in the background. Rev: A building under construction; inscription. $120.

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 ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxi?me 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: $120.00

SKU: 5928-18828-4B

 

France. PAX. By Julien-Louis M?rot (1876-1956). Bronze 63mm. Catalgue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 253/A. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2020) – – – – – Julien-Louis M?rot (1876-1956). M?rot won the Grand Prix de Rome in medal engraving in 1905. This medal was created during his stay in Rome.

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SKU: Q6536-15349-5S

 

1910, Great Britain. BREWOOD & DISTRICT (Staffordshire) AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. By Ottley. Apparently silver without a hallmark. 53mm. Variety with a farmhouse in the background. $150. Sorry, SOLD.(November, 2022)

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SKU: 19509-10B

 

France. JEUNE FILLE AUX ROSES (Girl with Roses). By Georges Guiraud (1901-1989. Grand Prix de Rome, 1926). Uniface bronze plaquette. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 202/B. Please note that the patina of this plaquette is slightly more orange in color and less green than suggested by the pictures, which, try as I might, I could not capture well. $250. Sorry, SOLD ———— Georges Guiraud was born at Toulouse on August 5 1901. He was the son of Albert Guiraud, who was a painter and illuminator of documents. Guiraud studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked in the workshop of Jean Boucher. Guiraud won the First Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1926. He died at Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne) on May 12 1989.

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SKU: 0102-16822-4A

 

1922 (hallmark), Great Britain. POULTRY AWARD. By J.A. Restall. Silver 39mm. $45. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

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SKU: 6206-19533-10B

 

1789 Austria, RUSSIAN VICTORY OVER TURKS AT THE BATTLE OF FOCSANI. By Reich. White metal 48mm. Mont 2179; Mers 3692; Julius 2819; Serenissima 292. $225. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022)

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SKU: Q4930-14148-12R

 

Germany, Great Britain. GEORG FRIEDRICH H?NDEL. By Christiane Cochet. (Struck at the Monnaie de Paris, 1968 edge stamp). Bronze 68mm. $50. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022)

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SKU: 1415-16870-3A

 

France, World War I. MARSHAL FOCH. Unsigned, uniface cast bronze 161mm (about 6 1/4 inches). $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 8806-16034-6A

 

1970, Germany. THE BROTHERS GRIMM. By J. Joachim for the Paris Mint. Copper 74mm. Number 4 of an edition of 100. $80. Sorry, SOLD (April, 2022)

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SKU: 9551-15774-10T