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Click here to subscribeA group of Asian bronze and metal wears, to include a Chinese tripod censer with taotie detail, 10cm diameter, a Burmese opium weight in the form of a cockerel, 7cm high, a Buddhist prayer bell (possibly Thai, lacking clapper), 17cm high, and two bowls with flared lip on raised foot rim , with molded ribbed detail to the exterior, 12cm and 14.5cm diameter respectively (5)
A late 19thC/early 20thC Franz Bergman cold painted bronze inkstand, the red marble base mounted centrally with an Arabic figure seated with a rifle beside a mandolin and a carpet, flanked by two inkwells each in the form of tables, maker`s stamp to the reverse indistinct, number impressed, 36.5cm wide
A Japanese bronze elephant, 15.5 cm high See illustration Condition report Report by MW General wear. Some of the patination has worn off on the bottom of all four feet. There is some rough casting between the rear legs, and in the mouth where there is also some verdigre present. No major damage, otherwise in good condition.
A Japanese bronze box, decorated figures in relief, with yellow and silver coloured metal inlay, the base signed and with impressed seal, 20 cm diameter See inside front cover colour illustration Condition report Report by MW The inside of the cover has four solder/brazing marks See illustration The decoration on the lid has no apparent damage only were commensurate with age. The bowl is dirty and sticky, it looks like it has been in a smoker's environment. Inside the bowl there are two visible pins which have pushed through which hold one of the feet onto the bowl underside See illustration Otherwise wear is commensurate with age
(George III), William Pitt, First Lord of the Treasury, 1799, bronze medal by Hancock, 53mm (Eimer 912); Death of Charles Fox, 1806, bronze medal by Webb, 54mm (Eimer 979); Sir Benjamin Brodie, 1841, bronze medal by W. Wyon, 73mm (Eimer 1359); with London Institution, 1807, bronze ticket, numbered 153, 42mm (Montagu-Guest 1079), John Anderson, medical prize medal, bronze, awarded in 1909, 51mm, cased, J.S. Fry & Sons Ltd, bicentenary bronze medal, 1927, by Youngman, 51mm., cased, British Empire Exhibition, bronze plaquette, 77 x 52mm; other gilt metal exhibition medals (3); Spain, bronze medal for the marriage of Charles of Austria to Maria Luisa of Parma, 1765 and bronze medal for the so-called Battle of Clavijo, by Johnson, mainly very fine or better (12)
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, official bronze medal by Boehm, 77mm (Eimer 1733), minor marks and spotting on reverse, extremely fine, in case of issue; white metal medal for the Diamond Jubilee, 1897, by Bowcher for Spink, 51mm, mint state, in case of issue; official silver medal for the Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911, by Goscombe John, 35mm, extremely fine, in case of issue; bronze and white metal medals for the anticipated Coronation of Edward VIII, 1937; and 1951 Festival of Britain crown, in case of issue (6)
Scotland, Worshipful Company of Distillers, silver-gilt medal awarded to Alcide William Henry Le Forestier as Master, 1958-59, 51mm, very fine, with loop and ribbon for wearing; Ireland, Royal Agricultural Society, Gowran Farming Society, 1866, silver prize medal awarded to Arthur George Wailes, 50mm, edge knocks, about extremely fine; together with shire horse prize medals in silver and bronze, extremely fine, the silver cased (4)
*France (?), Mar de Prya…., struck silver medal dated 1485, bust left wearing cap and with date before; mar de prya ar cap cit pa gv eqs pro hisp re gra crea around, rev., prie achant doyseavlx, coat of arms, 42mm, 36.73g, very fine, toned For a cast copy in bronze of this apparently unrecorded medal see the iNumis mail bid sale 15, 25 March 2011, lot 2861. Both the identity of the sitter and the coat of arms appear to be unrecorded and it is likely to be a fantasy piece of uncertain date but, from a stylistic and fabric point of view, made earlier than the 19th or 18th centuries.
*France, René de Birague, Chancellor of France, uniface bronze medal attributed to Germain Pillon, bearded bust right, aged 70, wearing ruff and cloak with fur-collar, 164mm (cf. Jones 121; Currency of Fame 144), later cast, extremely fine, patinated and lacquered, with integral suspension loop [illustrated two-thirds actual size]
*France, Henry IV (1589-1610), bronze medal, bust three-quarters right wearing hat with broad rim, rev., collar of St. Michael enclosing shields of France and Navarre-Béarn, 63mm including frame (Arm. II, 279, 6; Maz. II, 373; Currency of Fame 155), very fine old cast in integral frame with suspension loop
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