Lot 53 - An unusual antique French plaquette, in a silver tone cast metal, with a vase of flowers and wheat and the inscription 'Don de 10,000 Fr./Councours/Pour Intensifier la Culture/I.Et L. - 1917 (Donation of 10,000 Francs, Competition to Intensify Culture 1917) the reverse decorated with a worker and two oxen accompanied by a winged woman holding a laurel or palm frond, representing industry and culture
Signed E Bon to base, marked with impressed eagle head? mark and 1 Argent to edge, in original presentation case with emerald velvet lining
Presentation case dimensions:
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Description
An unusual antique French plaquette, in a silver tone cast metal, with a vase of flowers and wheat and the inscription 'Don de 10,000 Fr./Councours/Pour Intensifier la Culture/I.Et L. - 1917 (Donation of 10,000 Francs, Competition to Intensify Culture 1917) the reverse decorated with a worker and two oxen accompanied by a winged woman holding a laurel or palm frond, representing industry and culture
Signed E Bon to base, marked with impressed eagle head? mark and 1 Argent to edge, in original presentation case with emerald velvet lining
Presentation case dimensions:
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