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Auction 271 4-5 Apr 2023
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World Historical Medals from Various Properties
FRANCE, a set of ten uniface lead or pewter clichés by B. Andrieu, comprising: Storming of the Bastille, 1789, 80mm; Arrival of Louis XVI in Paris, 1789, 80mm; St Bernard Pass, yr 8 [1800], 65mm; Battle of Marengo, yr 8 [1800], 65mm; Napoleon, laureate head left, 140mm; Napoleon, laureate head left, 64mm; Napoleon, laureate bust right, 65mm; Napoleon and Marie Louise, conjoined busts left, 135mm; Empress Josephine, diademed bust right, 65mm; Empress Marie Louise, diademed bust right, 64mm [10]. A few minor marks and corrosion spots, surface damage on one, otherwise generally extremely fine; mounted in cloth-covered board and housed in a large oval wooden frame (approx. 64 x 53cm) £300-£400
FRANCE, a set of ten uniface lead or pewter clichés by B. Andrieu, comprising: Storming of the Bastille, 1789, 80mm; Arrival of Louis XVI in Paris, 1789, 80mm; St Bernard Pass, yr 8 [1800], 65mm; Battle of Marengo, yr 8 [1800], 65mm; Napoleon, laureate head left, 140mm; Napoleon, laureate head left, 64mm; Napoleon, laureate bust right, 65mm; Napoleon and Marie Louise, conjoined busts left, 135mm; Empress Josephine, diademed bust right, 65mm; Empress Marie Louise, diademed bust right, 64mm [10]. A few minor marks and corrosion spots, surface damage on one, otherwise generally extremely fine; mounted in cloth-covered board and housed in a large oval wooden frame (approx. 64 x 53cm) £300-£400