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Lot 662
1 50-cl bt Seppelt The Millenium Release Rare Rutherglen Muscat GR113 oc 1 hf bt Stanton & Killeen Rutherglen Muscat Liqueur Wine 1 hf bt Campbells Rutherglen Muscat 4 50-cl bts Morris Liqueur Muscat S E Australia original tube 3 hf bts Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Rutherglen Muscat 1 hf bt Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Rutherglen Special Muscat 1 hf bt Ballandean Estate White Muscat Queensland Above 5 50-cl bottles and 7 half bottles
Lot 1369
Wedgwood, set of heavily gilded 6 tea cups, one jewelled. An incredibly rare set of six raised gilt teacups from the Wedgwood Factory prestige department and likely to have been a special order. Enamelled gilded with elaborate foliate banner with exotic Birds, each element is meticulously picked out in raised 22Ct gold with one example being further ornamented with pink 'jewelling' to flower centres. Height: 6.2cm Diameter incl. handle: 11.1cm (6)
Lot 80
Charlemont, Theodor (Bohemian, 1859-1938); b. Znojmo, moved to Austria 1877 AUSTRIA, Mädchen mit einer feder [Girl with Feather], c. 1900, a uniface cast bronze plaque by T. Charlemont, young girl to right, inscribing a tablet, large feather at left, 138 x 110mm, 321.54g. Very fine and extremely rare; the only medallic work by Charlemont seen by the cataloguer £100-£150 --- Provenance: bt in Vienna, November 2008
![Beck, Vilmos Fémes (Hungarian, 1885-1918); b. Budapest HUNGARY, TérdelÅ‘ nÅ‘ [Kneeling Nude], 1911, a uniface bronze medal](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea685ac1-52dc-4e60-9798-b0c900f3ff71/746cf6ff-f8b7-4e5d-af84-b0c900f6d74a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 30
Beck, Vilmos Fémes (Hungarian, 1885-1918); b. Budapest HUNGARY, TérdelÅ‘ nÅ‘ [Kneeling Nude], 1911, a uniface bronze medal by V.F. Beck, muscular naked female on bended knee to right, holding a bird in her right hand, edge impressed éke 1911 134, 53mm, 57.20g (Huszár 1035). Very fine and very rare £100-£150
Lot 255
Maillard, Auguste (French, 1864-1944); b. Paris FRANCE, Automobile-Club de Nice, 1901, a silver award plaque by A. Maillard, semi-naked female figure to right, holding wreath above a motorist driving a car along a coastal road, sun reflecting over sea in background, rev. palm branch, tablet in centre named (Mr. Maurice Dollfus, Course de Côte 1909 (Route de la Turbie), Catégorie V, 2e. Prix), edge impressed argent and with foundry mark, 71 x 55mm, 124.82g (cf. PBE 575; BDM III, 532; cf. DNW 44, 968). Good very fine and toned, rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 34, 6 February 1998, lot 565 Maurice Dollfus (1885-1972), a pioneer racing motorist and later Paris-based banker, was appointed head of the French operations of the Ford Motor Co in 1930 and, despite accusations of him being a Nazi collaborator during the War, led the company until January 1950. His early award was for the sport of hillclimbing on mountain roads; until recent years competitors in the Monte-Carlo Rally used part of the same la Turbie road, in the Alps above the principality, as a special stage. The original design for the plaque was commissioned by the Automobile-Club de Nice in 1901 and exhibited by Maillard at that year’s Paris Salon.
Lot 63
Brown, Cecil Hew (British, 1868-1926); b. Ayr ENGLAND, XVII International Medical Congress, London, 1913, Exhibition Award, a gilt-bronze electrotype medal by C.H. Brown, bust of Hippocrates right, rev. robed female seated right, contemplating sun rising over the sea, 98mm, 336.38g (Storer –; Brettauer –). Very fine and extremely rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: bt A.C. Eimer, June 2012 The 17th International Medical Congress, the last in a series which commenced in 1867, was staged at the Royal Albert Hall, London, from 6 to 12 August 1913.
![Boizot, Louis-Simon (French, 1743-1809); b. Paris FRANCE, Napoléon, AN VI [1797], a large cast bronze portrait maquette by](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea685ac1-52dc-4e60-9798-b0c900f3ff71/8a35e1f1-ad7f-475d-8d8e-b0c900f6c1ce/468x382.jpg)
Lot 288
Müller, Niels (presumed German) GERMANY, Homo Superior, 2002, a cast bronze medal by N. Müller [Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Halle], Devil and a baby supported by umbilical cords, rev. baby with its stomach connected to two cords, 3 in lower field, 110mm, 460.74g (The Medal 41, p.100). Extremely fine, vestiges of dusty grey patina, rare £70-£90 --- Provenance: bt from the artist, November 2002 Edition of 10.
Lot 138
Erdey, DezsÅ‘ (Serbian, 1902-1957); b. Krajišnik HUNGARY, Ganz Foto Club, c. 1930, a uniface Art Déco bronze plaque by D. Erdey, seated naked female to right, adopting a pose in front of a camera she holds with her left hand, chimneys at right, back named (Rédei György ur, 1938-39, Évi Szorgalmának, Elismerésére), foundry mark at base, 60mm, 109.93g. Very fine and very rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: S. Martin Collection, DNW Auction M5, 17 December 2007, lot 1601; DNW Auction M11, 13 July 2011, lot 1854
Lot 361
Saulles, George William de (British, 1862-1903); b. Birmingham ENGLAND, Death of Horace Seymour, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, bust left, rev. crest, a phoenix, legend around and below, 29mm, 10.72g (BHM 3874; BDM VII, 217; E 1866; cf. DNW 50, 1336). Very fine, rare £30-£40 --- Provenance: bt A.C. Eimer, April 2002 Horace Seymour (1843-1902) was the deputy master of the Royal Mint from 1894 until his death.
Lot 215
Korski, Witold (Polish, 1918-2003); b. Tarnobrzeg POLAND, Wystawa Francuskiej Sztuki Medalierskiej, Wroclaw [Exhibition of French Medallic Art], 1971, a cast bronze medal by W. Korski, head of a Gallic warrior right, helmeted and with long hair, owl and part of the sun at right, rev. legend in nine lines, Gallic cock at right, edge impressed w korski, 92mm, 234.32g (Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1971-2, 228). Extremely fine, rare £50-£70 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, May 2007
![Pistrucci, Benedetto (Italian, 1784-1855); b. Rome, moved to England 1815 ENGLAND, Battle of Waterloo, [1815], an original](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea685ac1-52dc-4e60-9798-b0c900f3ff71/b263707c-0056-43c6-a5ea-b0c900f57a58/468x382.jpg)
Lot 316
Pistrucci, Benedetto (Italian, 1784-1855); b. Rome, moved to England 1815 ENGLAND, Battle of Waterloo, [1815], an original filled copper electrotype copy of the proposed medal by B. Pistrucci, laureate busts of the Prince Regent, Francis II of Austria, Alexander I of Russia, and Frederick William III of Prussia conjoined left, mythological scenes around, rev. Wellington and Blücher in Roman dress on horseback left, guided by Victory, Jupiter in quadriga above, frieze depicting the battle of the giants below, 133mm, 680.40g (Eimer 57; BHM 870; BDM IV, 593-6; E 1067a; cf. Noonans 271, 885). Extremely fine, rare £500-£700 --- William Wellesley Pole (1763-1845), Master of the Mint and the Duke of Wellington’s elder brother, invited designs from the Royal Academy for a gold medal intended to be given to the rulers of the Alliance, their generals and senior ministers. The Prince Regent, however, approved the design submitted by Pistrucci, an engraver at the Mint. Pistrucci was much involved with the new coinage of 1816 and it was not until 1819 that preparatory wax models were submitted for approval. Amazingly, thirty years were to elapse before the dies were completed, by which time all of the intended recipients of the medal, with the sole exception of Wellington, had died. Electrotype copies, the majority with obverse and reverse not united as this specimen is, were eventually produced in 1852.
Lot 420
Vinçotte, Thomas Jules, Baron (Belgian, 1850-1925), b. Borgerhout, and Wolfers Frès (Brussels, 1812-present) BELGIUM, Exposition Internationale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1897, a uniface silver-gilt award plaque by Baron T.J. Vinçotte for Wolfers Frès, winged Fame in diaphanous robe at left, blowing trumpet and leaning on arch with a distant cityscape, tablet above named (Lucas, John Seymour, A.R.A.), each edge impressed with vp and scales foundry mark, 83 x 71mm, 353.40g (Maier p.132, 49; BDM VI, 280; cf. Kölner Munzkabinett 113, 1060; cf. BSJ 8, 458). Extremely fine and very rare £240-£300 --- John Seymour Lucas, RA (1849-1923), b. London, was a historical and portrait painter, as well as a theatrical costume designer. See also Lot 21.
Lot 165
Gill, Frederick (British, 1863-1917); b. Douglas ENGLAND, Putto with Roses, c. 1910, a bronze award plaque by F. Gill, naked boy walking right, holding a bunch of roses, birds flying in background, rev. vase of roses, un-named, 64 x 51mm, 90.50g. About extremely fine, charming style, rare; the only medallic work by this Manx artist seen by the cataloguer £40-£50 --- The artist, by training a carpenter at Laxey on the Isle of Man, and whose watercolours of island life are well known, was later employed by Elder-Dempster Lines and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Joining the merchant navy at the outbreak of World War I, he was killed when his ship, the SS Apapa, en route from Lagos to Liverpool, was torpedoed by the German submarine U 96 near Amlwch, Anglesey, on 28 November 1917.
Lot 252
McAdam Freud, Jane (British, 1958-2022); b. London ENGLAND, Centenary of the Birth of Pablo Picasso, 1981, a cast bronze medal by Jane McAdam Freud [Royal Mint] for the British Art Medal Society, bust left, rev. head of female, 89 x 76mm, 192.93g (Attwood 1; The Medal 1, p.3; Jones, CBM p.45, 1; BM Acq. 1978-82, pl. 85, 102). Mint state, rare £120-£150 --- Edition of 35. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973), a painter, sculptor, and printmaker - who also worked with ceramics and theatre design - was one of the pioneers of the Cubist movement, an early twentieth-century avant-garde art movement. Although Spanish by birth, he spent most of his adult life in France.
Lot 144
Feu’u, Fatu Akelei (Western Samoan, 1946-present); b. Poutasi, emigrated to New Zealand 1966 NEW ZEALAND, Pao Pao, c. 2000, a cast bronze and partially gilt medal by F.A. Feu’u, representation of a small fishing boat with a sail, rev. an open paw paw fruit, 102mm, 373.77g. Extremely fine, rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, April 2002 Edition of 7.
Lot 358
Sam (presumed French) FRANCE, Photo-Club de Paris, 1898, a uniface Art Nouveau pewter plaque signed Sam, two flowering daffodils, sun behind, scroll at lower left named (P. Ritter von Schoeller), 100 x 67mm, 76.66g (cf. Bonhams Boston, June 2018, 45). Very fine, rare£80-£100 --- Philipp Ritter von Schoeller (1845-1916), a Vienna-based photographer, was a major contributor to Die Kunst in der Photographie, a series of photographic art folios issued between 1897 and 1908, which treated art photography as an important international movement. The Photo-Club de Paris, based at 40 rue de Mathurins, was founded in 1888 by Maurice Bucquet (1860-1921); it held its first exhibition in 1894. The 1898 show ran from 3 to 29 May at the Galerie des Champs-Elysées.
Lot 321
Ponomarew, Serge (Russian, 1911-1984); b. Minsk, moved to France 1946 FRANCE, Apocalypse de Saint Jean, 1964, a cast bronze medal by S. Ponomarew for the Club français de la Médaille, St Jean concentrates his vigour in the pen with which he writes in a book, rev. the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, edge impressed 24/250 br and cornucopia, 140mm, 736.22g (CGMP p.1489; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 685). Extremely fine and attractively patinated, rare£80-£100 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, July 2011 Edition of 250. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are figures in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. They are not specifically identified but subsequent commentary often identifies them as personifications of death, famine, war and conquest.
Lot 268
Merot, Julien-Louis (French, 1876-1956); b. Tanville FRANCE, Pax, 1907, a silver medal by J.-L. Merot, young female left, right hand holds an olive branch, left hand resting on chin, rev. young naked shepherd seated on rock right, sheep dog at right, sheep in background, edge impressed 1 argent and cornucopia, 63mm, 121.60g (CGMP p.253; BDM VIII, 56; cf. DNW 188, 791). Trifling rim nicks, otherwise very fine and very rare; in red fitted case of issue £80-£100 --- Provenance: H.-P. Wipfler Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2525
![Gáti, Gábor (Hungarian, 1937-present); b. Budapest HUNGARY, Milyen nyelv merne [What Language Would Dare?], 1982, a cast br](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea685ac1-52dc-4e60-9798-b0c900f3ff71/b1417fe5-1cbd-4e75-b326-b0c900f62d8e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 156
Gáti, Gábor (Hungarian, 1937-present); b. Budapest HUNGARY, Milyen nyelv merne [What Language Would Dare?], 1982, a cast bronze medal by G. Gáti, stream passing through a wood and over rocks, unicorn seated on upper rock, two wild boar standing to right by lowest rock, back impressed szerzoi példány 10/5, 121mm, 290.27g (Mullaly, The Medal 5, p.54). Extremely fine and very rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: Simmons MBS 69, 16 December 2014 (127) Edition of 10. The late Terence Mullaly, a journalist with a particular knowledge and appreciation of modern art medals from the eastern bloc, said of this piece ‘[it] achieves a degree of poetical intensity which has few parallels at any time in the long history of the medal’.
Lot 67
Burger, Laurent Marcel (French, 1898-1969); b. Le Havre FRANCE, Association Générale des Syndicats Pharmaceutiques de France et des Colonies, c. 1935, an Art Déco bronze plaque by L.M. Burger, female seated left, holding urn and branch, rev. pestle and mortar on plinth, latter inscribed (Épreuve d’auteur), edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 129.36g (cf. Baldwin 101, 3820; cf. DNW 64, 1398). Extremely fine; rare as an artist’s proof £50-£70 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, February 2002
Lot 427
Weinberger, Anton Rudolf (Romanian, 1879-1936); b. ReÈ™iÈ›a, moved to Austria 1901, then between Austria, Hungary and Romania AUSTRIA, Stärke [Strength], 1911, a uniface bronze plaque by A.R. Weinberger, male standing left, flexing his muscles, weightlifting equipment below, 116 x 57mm, 247.91g (BDM VIII, 266; cf. DNW M2, 2430). Extremely fine and patinated, rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: bt La Galerie Numismatique
Lot 43
Blin, Édouard-Pierre (French, 1877-1946); b. Chartres FRANCE, Musée Permanent des Travaux Publics, Paris [National Museum of Public Works], 1939, an Art Déco bronze medal by E.-P. Blin, central statue of Marianne dividing panels with heads of artisans representing roads, mining, navigation and electricity, rev. frontal elevation of the Palais d’Iéna, edge impressed bronze and cornucopia, 68mm, 214.93g. About extremely fine, rare £40-£60 --- The Musée, dedicated to about 400 public works shown at the Paris Expo of 1937, opened on 4 March 1939 but, after many years of poor attendance figures, closed in September 1955.
Lot 269
Meszaros, Michael Victor (Australian, 1945-present); b. Melbourne U.S.A./AUSTRALIA, Manhattan, 1984, a cast bronze medal by M.V. Meszaros, aerial view of skyscrapers, cars and pedestrians on streets below, 125mm, 438.18g (Grund, The Medal 17, p.60; cf. Noble 57, 665). Extremely fine, rare £100-£150 --- Edition of 25.
![Gáspárová-Illésová, Gabriela (Czechoslovakian, 1952-present); b. Nitra CZECHOSLOVAKIA, OdnÄ›tí svobody [Imprisonment], 1987](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea685ac1-52dc-4e60-9798-b0c900f3ff71/2f151d42-81e0-4460-b320-b0c900f62e38/468x382.jpg)
Lot 155
Gáspárová-Illésová, Gabriela (Czechoslovakian, 1952-present); b. Nitra CZECHOSLOVAKIA, OdnÄ›tí svobody [Imprisonment], 1987, a uniface cast silver medal by Gabriela Gáspárová-Illésová for the Slovensky Fond Vytvarnych Umeni [Slovak Fine Arts Fund], part of a naked female seated, hands raised against a chain-link fence, 100mm, 186.10g. Extremely fine, rare; label pasted on back with further detail £80-£100
Lot 286
Mouchon, Louis-Eugène (French, 1843-1914); b. Paris FRANCE, Angelo Mariani, 1905, an Art Nouveau silver plaque by L.-E. Mouchon, half-length figure seated right at laboratory table, piping coca solution into bottle, other vessels in background, rev. naked Latin-American female kneeling left, holding torch and a branch of coca plant to flavour a wine glass held up by an aged European artisan seated left, jungle foliage and mountains in background, three llamas or alpacas at centre, Helios driving chariot to right above, edge impressed argent and two foundry marks, 52 x 37mm, 53.74g (Mazerolle, Brussels Exh. Cat. 1910, pl. xvi; The Medal 61, p.32, 14; BDM IV, 177 and VIII, 84, recté 1905; cf. iNumis Dec. 2015, 223; cf. DNW M13, 1349). Old adhesive tag mark at upper right on reverse, otherwise very fine and toned, rare£240-£300 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, April 2002 Angelo Mariani (1838-1914) was the Corsican-born chemist who invented coca wine in 1863. He imported a huge amount of coca leaves, made an extract, and used it for many products. Vin Mariani, a red Bordeaux and coca wine mix, was extensively promoted by celebrities of the day on both sides of the Atlantic, including Sarah Bernhardt and Ulysses S. Grant, and made Mariani famous and wealthy.
Lot 84
Chiparus, Demétre Haralamb (Moldavian, 1886-1947); b. Dorohoi, moved to Italy 1909, then France 1912 FRANCE, Joueur de luth égyptien [The Egyptian Lute Player], c. 1925, a uniface bronze Art Déco plaque by D.H. Chiparus, Egyptian male kneeling to left, serpent-like protrusion from forehead, playing a lute, hieroglyphics in panel below, 113 x 110mm, total 407.96g. Extremely fine and superbly patinated, very rare; set on a velvet board with supporting back £200-£260 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, September 2016
Lot 380
Somoza, Fernando (Spanish, 1927-present); b. Madrid FRANCE/SPAIN, Exposition de la Médaille Espagnole Actuelle à la Monnaie de Paris [Exhibition of Modern Spanish Medals at the Paris Mint], 1964, a bronze medal by F. Somoza for the Club français de la Médaille, two symbolic heads vis-à-vis, rev. Gallic cock and Spanish lion rampant face each other across a divided field, edge impressed br 15/250 and cornucopia, 81mm, 309.40g (CGMP p.1760). Extremely fine, rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, August 2003 Edition of 250. The exhibition, held in October and November 1964, was the brainchild of Dr Luis Auguet y Duran, then head of the Madrid mint, who proposed the idea to Pierre Dehaye, his counterpart in Paris, in the spring of 1963.
Lot 247
Lorthior, Pierre-Joseph (French, 1733-1813); b. Lille FRANCE, Charles-Philippe d’Artois, 1773, a uniface cast bronze seal by P.-J. Lorthior, youthful horseman to left leaping over arms and trophies, building at right, 115mm, 191.17g (BDM III, 477; cf. iNumis Dec. 2016, 320). Old scratch by horse’s head, otherwise very fine, rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: H.D. Rauch Auktion 60 (Vienna), 3 November 1997, lot 2250 Charles-Philippe, Count of Artois (1757-1836) and the future Charles X, was appointed Colonel of the Swiss guards regiments of the Maison du Roi at the age of 14.
Lot 260
Marque, Albert (French, 1872-1939); b. Nanterre FRANCE, Caresse Maternelle et Jeux d’enfants [Maternal Caress and Children's Games], 1907 [issued 1908], an Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A. Marque for the Société des Amis de la Médaille française, naked buxom female to right, balancing a naked boy on her thigh, rev. two naked children stand on tip-toe and embrace each other, edge impressed bronze 134, cornucopia and foundry mark of the SAMF, 70 x 44mm, 95.52g (Maier 42; Coll. R. Marx 133; BDM VIII, 22; cf. DNW 188, 841). Tiny edge nick at top of obverse, otherwise extremely fine, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 773 Edition of 175.
![Fonfreide, Victor (French, 1872-1934); b. Volvic FRANCE, Artiste au trophée figuratif [Artist with Figurative Trophy], c. 1](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea685ac1-52dc-4e60-9798-b0c900f3ff71/d77ddd37-3765-4b91-af0f-b0c900f636ad/468x382.jpg)
Lot 147
Fonfreide, Victor (French, 1872-1934); b. Volvic FRANCE, Artiste au trophée figuratif [Artist with Figurative Trophy], c. 1910, a bronze award plaque by V. Fonfreide for Concours Conté, male artist walking left, holding a figurative trophy, tree in background, rev. legend, tablet named (E. Corlin, 1934), edge impressed bronze and foundry mark, 80 x 60mm, 152.23g. Very fine, rare £30-£40 --- Provenance: bt Simmons, April 2002
![Lauer, Ludwig-Christoph (Nuremberg, fl. 1729-1924) GERMANY, Autorennen [Motor Racing], c. 1910, a uniface plated bronze pla](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ea685ac1-52dc-4e60-9798-b0c900f3ff71/a7ad102c-6824-42f5-9b86-b0c900f5e0ba/468x382.jpg)
Lot 227
Lauer, Ludwig-Christoph (Nuremberg, fl. 1729-1924) GERMANY, Autorennen [Motor Racing], c. 1910, a uniface plated bronze plaque by L.-C. Lauer, winged figure of Speed urging driver of racing car, 70 x 55mm, 98.73g. Good very fine, rare £50-£70 --- Provenance: H.-P. Wipfler Collection, DNW Auction M2, 11 July 2006, lot 2594
Lot 442
Yau, Cecilia (Hong Kong, 1964-present); b. Hong Kong ENGLAND, William Morris, 1995, a hinged cast bronze plaque by Cecilia Yau [Lunts Castings] for the British Art Medal Society, outer surfaces impressions of Morris wallpaper, inner surfaces a rear view of Morris working at a loom at top, half-length portrait of Morris to right at bottom, 200 x 70mm opened, 100 x 70mm closed, 281.39g (Attwood 120; The Medal 29, p.142; E 2189). Extremely fine, as made, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: Simmons MBS 69, 16 December 2014 (21) Edition of 62. William Morris (1834-96) was a textile designer and artist associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.
Lot 11
Armand-Calliat, Joseph (French, 1862-1938), b. Lyon FRANCE, Compagnie Générale de Navigation, Bonnardel Frès, c. 1910, a silver medal by J. Armand-Calliat, paddle-barge on the River Rhône at Avignon, the Pont Saint-Bénezet and town seen from the Île de Barthelasse in background, rev. seated female figure holding rudder, lion standing by her feet, the borders represented by life-belts with ropes around, 70mm, 183.62g (BDM –) [2]. Artist’s signature erased on both sides, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 51, 4 October 2001, lot 1269 (part); DNW Auction 55, 24-5 June 2003, lot 1548 (part); Baldwin Auction 75, 26 September 2012, lot 1997 Jean-Marie Bonnardel (1848-1924), scion of the Rhône-based family trading and shipping business established in the sixteenth century, became a director of the Compagnie Générale de Navigation in April 1870. After a series of takeovers in which he played a major role, exploiting the entire river network from the English Channel to the Mediterranean, the company was renamed Compagnie General Navigation Le Havre-Paris-Lyon-Marseille.
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