Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
January 2014 NYINC Auction - Sess. C-D 13 January 2014
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GREAT BRITAIN. England. Franco-British Exhibition, London 1908.
63mm silver, by Frank Bowcher. BHM3960, Eimer 1903a (275 Pounds–too low?). Obverse: draped female before ornate fair buildings. Reverse: Female personifications of the two nations, with a semi-nude female angel between them. The medal is so in keeping with the French style, one supposes Bowcher was aping the style with conscious intent. The medal is awarded; "PAGES" may actually refer to the young pages working for the Exhibition.
In original green-leather, gold-stamped case. Edge marked ARGENT but seemingly struck in Birmingham (by Vaughton). Faint grazes, otherwise
MINT STATE.
63mm silver, by Frank Bowcher. BHM3960, Eimer 1903a (275 Pounds–too low?). Obverse: draped female before ornate fair buildings. Reverse: Female personifications of the two nations, with a semi-nude female angel between them. The medal is so in keeping with the French style, one supposes Bowcher was aping the style with conscious intent. The medal is awarded; "PAGES" may actually refer to the young pages working for the Exhibition.
In original green-leather, gold-stamped case. Edge marked ARGENT but seemingly struck in Birmingham (by Vaughton). Faint grazes, otherwise
MINT STATE.