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Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52  18 Nov 2020
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Lot 370

Estimate: 72 GBP
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Medals by Subject, Art: Belgium, portrait plaquettes (3); Paul Du Bois (1859–1938), Charles Lejeune, Maritime and Social Insurance, 1909, rectangular with arched top, bearded bust l., wearing pince-nez, rev. three maidens looking over a busy harbour [Antwerp?], 64 x 56mm; Émile Braun (1849-1927), Mayor of Ghent, 1914, square, by Carl de Cock (1879-1965), bearded bust l., rev. castle walls and banners, 48mm; Pierre de Soete (1886-1948), sculptor, self-portrait, artist's proof on over-large flan, seated half-length to l., cigarette in hand, A MES AMIS, 1931, 95 x 70mm; others (3), France, A. Lelièvre, for V. S. Canale (ed.), Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), memorial, lead or soft metal, bust left, rev. legend by floral spray, POVR LA SCIENCE LA PATRIE L'HVMANITE ..., 111 x 81mm (Storer 2745); Hungary, Fülöp Ö. Beck (1873-1945), Hans [János ] von Koessler (1853–1926), German born composer and teacher, 1907, uniface, bearded bust l., 59 x 38mm (Niggl 1009); Portugal, João da Silva (1880-1960), António Arroio (1856-1934), engineer, politician, teacher and art critic, 1906, uniface, by, bearded bust l., wearing wing collar, 80 x 60mm, all bronze except Pasteur, as stated, Pasteur fine, others very fine and better (6)
The de Soete plaquette has on the reverse a pencilled dedication, dated 1-1-43, to a Henri Harty, perhaps Henri Louis Harty (1877-1970)
(120-160 GBP)
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