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TWO GOLDSCHEIDER GILT AND BRONZE PAINTED TERRACOTTA STATUETTES, C1903-09 of a water carrier or seated young woman with baskets, 64 and 51cm h, one with moulded rectangular mark, both impressed REPRODUCTION RESERVEE, incised 2662 or 3358 ++Seated figure with professional restoration to fingers of right hand and handle of one basket, no other restoration detected. The standing figure, in our opinion, in fine condition
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF ART AND BYGONES to include a silver gilt filigree butterfly brooch, two Victorian ivory aides memoir, several pens and pencils, two beadwork purses, a Turkish mother of pearl inlaid tobacco pipe bowl, a miniature cold painted bronze salamander, coins, commemorative medals, etc ++The majority of the items in fair to good condition
British Commemorative Medals, Charles I, so-called pattern shilling, 1629, Tower mint, by Nicolas Briot, struck in light bronze or brass, crowned shield within the collar of the Order of the Thistle, all within the Garter itself, rev. REGIT UNUS UTROQUE, sceptre and trident in saltire, 28.5mm., 2.07mm. thick (MI.251/28; Eimer 112, note; BMC [Jones], 134; Foley 206); Peace or War, 1643, copper and brass medals, by Rawlins and Briot, laureate bust r., rev. crossed sword and olive branch, 29 & 28.5mm. (MI.308/134/135; Eimer 142, and note), very fine (3) *ex Revd. William Lewis Gantz [1873-1940, of Stanstead Abbots, Herts] collection, Glendinings, 23-27 June, 1941, lot 1965, part The example of the first listed in MI is bi-metallic, having a copper border to a brass centre.
British Commemorative Medals, The Removal of Temple Bar, uniface glazed lead medal, 1878, for the Corporation of the City of London, by C. H. & J. Mabey, for Foot and Tebay, TEMPLE BAR : ERECTED 1672, DEMOLISHED 1878; THIS EFFIGY OF IT WAS STRUCK FROM THE LEAD FORMERLY ON THE ROOF, eastern façade of Temple Bar, on banner below, SIR C WREN ARCHT, 113mm. (BHM.3051 [R3]; Eimer 1658; Welch 15), in glazed bronze frame with central beaded border, extremely fine and the rarest of the City of London medals Temple Bar was demolished in 1878 in order to ease traffic congestion. The first bricks were removed 2 January 1878 but, on the instructions of the Corporation of London, every stone, brick and beam was carefully numbered and stored in a yard off Farringdon Road. Ten years later the gateway was purchased by Sir Henry Meux, the London brewer and MP and it was re-erected at the entrance to Theobald's Park, his Hampshire estate. In 2001 a project to restore the gateway to the city was established and it was re-opened 10 November 2004, in its new position adjacent to the North-West Tower of St Paul's Cathedral, leading into Paternoster Square.
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgium, Royal Zoological Society, Antwerp, Inauguration of the Aquarium and the Reptiles Gallery, bronze medal, 1911, in the Art Nouveau style, by Floris De Cuyper (1875-1965), a semi-draped figure lies by pool in which swim exotic fish, the building beyond, rev. legend in eight lines, 64.5mm., extremely fine
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Annexation of the Congo by Belgium, Leopold II and the past and present colonial pioneers, small bronze tribute plaquette, 1908 [struck 1910], by Fernand Dubois (1861-1939), Belgica and woman of the Congo before enthroned allegorical figure, rev. two female figures unveil tablet, 54.5 x 48mm. (Vancraenbroeck 78), mint state
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Leopold II, Annexion of Congo to Belgium, celebrated by the Chambre de Commerce of Antwerp, bronze medal, 1909, by Jules Baetes (1861-1937), 60mm.; Albert I, 25th anniversary of the Royal Colonial Institute of Belgium, bronze medal, 1954, by Willy Kreitz (1903-1982), 91mm.; Prince Leopold, Travel to Congo, bronze plaquette, 1926, by Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941), 80 x 46mm.; The League of Protection for Black Childhood, gilt-bronze medal, 1933, by Marcel Rau (1886-1866), bust of (the 3 year old) Prince Baudouin (future Baudouin I), 50mm. (Vancraenbroeck 76/161/96/162), extremely fine or nearly so (4)
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Prince Albert, his return from the Congo, bronze plaquettes, 1909 (2), by Paul Wissaert (1885-1951), naked youth greets ship, rev. map of Africa, 71.5 x 48.5mm.; by Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941), for Le Cercle Africain, naked Belgica kneels by bust of the Prince, rev. legend (in Art Nouveau lettering), 88.5 x 42mm., arched top; and a small medal, by Charles Samuel (1862-1939), 28mm. (Vancraenbroeck 95/93/94b), the first has been cleaned, generally very fine (3)
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Alexandre Delcommune (1855-1922), explorer of the Congo, bronze tribute medal, 1921, by Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941), bust l. wearing large hat, rev. legend in 9 lines, 75mm. (Vancraenbroeck 23), extremely fine Delcommune was the first European explorer of the Congo Basin and led a major expedition to central Katanga (1890-93).
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Belgian Companies in Congo, bronze medals (4), 100th Anniversary of Société Générale, 1922, by Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941), 76mm., silvered (this rubbed), very fine; 50th Anniversary of Comité Spécial du Katanga, 1950, by Victor Demanet (1895-1964), 80mm; International Wood and Mining Society of Congo-Forminière, by G.A. Brunet (1902-1986), 86.5mm.; 50th Anniversary of Belgian Congo Bank, 1959, by Paul De Greef (1926-1988), elephant walks l., 70mm. (Vancraenbroeck 56/41/57/142), except as stated, extremely fine (4) CSK was a chartered company in charge of developing the rich mining province of Katanga. The International Wood and Mining Society Company was active in Kasai, especially for the diamond mining industry.
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Aviation, First Flight from Belgium to the Congo, by Edmond Thieffry, bronze medal, 1925, by Charles Samuel (1862-1939), for ‘Les Amis de la médaille d'art’, Belgica and a native woman clasp hands, an aeroplane flies above, rev. combined landscape of the two countries, linked with radio masts, 70mm. (Vancraenbroeck 130), extremely fine Edmond Thieffry (1892-1929) was a Great War pilot. The Brussels to Leopoldville link was established with a journey lasting from 12 February to 3 April. Thieffry was killed 4 years later when his plane crashed en route to Uvira in the Congo.
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, The Colonial Monument, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, bronze plaquette, 1930, by Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941), a view of the monument, rev. river scene, a native canoe paddled by three naked men, 75 x 72.5mm., with arched top (Vancraenbroeck 79), extremely fine The memorial, entitled ‘Monument to the Fallen of the Belgian Colonial Effort’, was sculpted by Thomas Vinçotte.
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, International Exhibition, Antwerp, bronze medal, 1930, by Alfons Mauquoy (1880-1954), river god with Belgica and Congolese woman, rev. aeroplane over Antwerp, 70.5mm.; Pierre Ryckmans (12891-1959), Governor-General of the Belgian Congo during the Second World War, bronze medal, 1950, by Arthur Dupagne (1895-1961), bust l., rev. native strains to move rock, 70mm.; smaller bronze medals (2): CONGO, 1935, by Pierre Turin (1891-1968), 33mm; Colonial Days, by Arsène Matton (1873-1933), Flemish legends, 32.5mm. (Vancraenbroeck 189/126/192/-), the first very fine, the others better (4)
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Banque du Congo Belge, 25th Anniversary, bronze medal, 1934, by Armand Bonnetin (1883-1973), a native mother, infant at her breast, rev. an elephant walks l., 71mm. (Vancraenbroeck no. 141), good very fine The elephant engraved by Bonnetain was later on used on the Second World War coinage for the Congo, struck in the mints of Philadelphia (USA) and Pretoria (SA).
Foreign Coins and Medals, Belgian Congo, Congo Railways, bronze plaquette and medal, 50th Anniversary of the Construction of the Lower Congo Railways, 1948, by Arthur Dupagne (1895-1961), tableau with mining activity, 59.5 x 92mm.; 50th Anniversary of the Lower Congo to Katanga Railway Company, 1956, by G.A. Brunet (1902-1986), engines of 1906 and 1956, 86mm. (Vancraenbroeck 45/49), extremely fine (2)
Foreign Coins and Medals, France, Foire Exposition, Nice, Art Deco bronze medal, at one time gilt, undated, by Pierre Victor Dautel (1873-1954), crouching nude reaches for flowers, rev. panorama of Nice through a Deco-style archway, 55.5mm.; ‘Eve’, uniface bronze ‘proof’ medal [1919], by Henri Dropsy (1885-1968), Eve, wreath of leaves in her hair, smiles at the serpent, entwined around, 46.5mm. (for a 36mm. medal), good very fine and extremely fine (2)
Foreign Coins and Medals, France, ‘Épi de Blé’, silver prize medal, presented by the Echo du Nord, by Édouard Charles Fraisse (1880-1945), angel crouches with tablet, rev. sun rises above cartouche; ‘Flore’, silvered-bronze horticultural medal of the town of Roye, by Maurice Delannoy (1885-1972), Flora kneeling, pours water from urn onto flowers, rev. implements of gardening in wreath and centre, both 50mm., small test-mark to second, both nearly extremely fine (2) Roye is a town in the Somme region of France.
6 cap/glengarry badges: Royals and Berks Yeo, early Cheshire and S Lancs with lugs, WWII nickel plated Gloucester and A&S; 2 officers bronze caps, Gloucester and Notts & Derby (some wear, blades missing) and a Middlesex lapel; 5 collars: officers 23rd H, OR’s Queen’s, Wilts and pair RAF Medical; 5 other caps and 3 staybrites. Generally GC (22)
A scarce 19th century American Steward muzzle loading line throwing gun, the iron barrel 32" with 2½” bore, with trunnions at the rear and bronze elevating ring 12" ahead of the breech, the breech with oval brass plate inscribed “Steward Davit/ &/ Equipment Corp/ Patent B334/ 17 Battery Place/ New York” on its iron mount, base plate embossed with the maker’s name and address. Basically GC (rust overall, the elevating ring loose and lacking its locating pin). Plate 12

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