Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 52 18 Nov 2020
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Medals by Subject, Fine Art: Franco-British Exhibition, Earls Court, London 1908, silver presentation medal, by Frank Bowcher (for Vaughton & Son), Victory stands between Britannia and Marianne, rev Peace stands before exhibition buildings, named in two lines in tablet: M. H. SPIELMANN ESQ. F.S.A. / MEMBER FINE ART COM., 50.5mm (BHM.3960; Eimer 1903), Birmingham Hallmark on edge, matt surface, extremely fine; sold with a small silver Souvenir medal of the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900, by Daniel Dupuis, 32mm, matt surface, uneven tone but extremely fine
*ex Baldwin's vault
Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann (1858–1948) was an art critic, scholar and author, and variously editor of The Connoisseur and the Magazine of Art. He was also a patron of Frank Bowcher, from whom he commissioned a number of medals (cf. L. Forrer, BDM VII, pp. 106-109). His brother, Sir Isidore Spielmann (1854–1925), a civil-engineer turned art-connoisseur, who was knighted in 1905, compiled the "Souvenir of the Fine Art Section Franco-British Exhibition 1908". The second medal is understood to be connected to Marion Spielmann.
(100-150 GBP)
*ex Baldwin's vault
Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann (1858–1948) was an art critic, scholar and author, and variously editor of The Connoisseur and the Magazine of Art. He was also a patron of Frank Bowcher, from whom he commissioned a number of medals (cf. L. Forrer, BDM VII, pp. 106-109). His brother, Sir Isidore Spielmann (1854–1925), a civil-engineer turned art-connoisseur, who was knighted in 1905, compiled the "Souvenir of the Fine Art Section Franco-British Exhibition 1908". The second medal is understood to be connected to Marion Spielmann.
(100-150 GBP)