Watch List notes:

France,'Cléopâtre', silver Plaquette (1902), by Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910), produced for the Société des Amis de la Médaille Française, her bust r., to l., lovebirds within the C of AC monogram, necklace below, rev. the Queen enthroned atop an elephant, rides r., with attendants on another, led by an ibis, 66.5mm. x 84mm., numbered 51 and stamped with horn and ARGENT on edge (Maier 16; R. Marx 106), 94 specimens issued in silver, matt surface extremely fine and very rare
A sensitive and remarkably modern medal by the then elderly and famous sculptor, known for his animal sculptures, Ferdinand de Lessops at Suez and an equestrian Joan of Arc in Paris.
(2000-2500 GBP)