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A Collection of Bois Durci Medals

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This collection was sold on 5 June 2019.

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Lot 1276, 5 Jun 19

Algeria, Al Amir Abd-el-Kader (1807-83), bearded bust left. Extremely fine, scarce £60-£80

Lot 1276, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £100

Lot 1277, 5 Jun 19

AUSTRIA, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91), large plaque in homage, musical cherubs around a bust of Mozart on a plinth, 160mm; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; GERMANY, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827); ITALY, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-35), this with wreath border [4]. Generally extremely fine, last with wreath border £200-£300

Lot 1277, 5 Jun 19

Unsold

Lot 1278, 5 Jun 19

Austria, Franz Joseph I (1830-1916), bust right; Germany, Wilhelm I (1797-1888), bust right [2]. Extremely fine £100-£150

Lot 1278, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £70

Lot 1279, 5 Jun 19

Brazil, Peter II (1825-91), bust left. Extremely fine, scarce £60-£80

Lot 1279, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £45

Lot 1280, 5 Jun 19

France, Pierre Corneille (1606-84); Pierre Molière (1622-73); Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet (1627-1704); Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) [4]. Generally extremely fine £200-£300

Lot 1280, 5 Jun 19

Unsold

Lot 1281, 5 Jun 19

France, Napoleon (1769-1821), bust right. Extremely fine £80-£120

Lot 1281, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £50

Lot 1282, 5 Jun 19

France, Napoleon (1769-1821); Napoleon III (1808-73); Empress Eugenie (1826-1920), dated 1859; Napoleon, Prince Imperial (1856-79) [4]. First damaged by replacement suspender, others extremely fine £150-£200

Lot 1282, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £100

Lot 1283, 5 Jun 19

France, Napoleon II (1811-32), bust right; Prince Philippe of Orléans, Comte de Paris (1838–94), bust three-quarters left [2]. Extremely fine, second scarce £100-£120

Lot 1283, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £55

Lot 1284, 5 Jun 19

France, Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869); Italy, Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour (1810-61); Portugal, José Maria Caldeira do Casal Ribeiro (1825-96) [3]. Extremely fine £100-£120

Lot 1284, 5 Jun 19

Unsold

Lot 1285, 5 Jun 19

Germany, Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805); Switzerland, William Tell (†1354); The Virgin Mary, nimbate bust right [3]. Generally extremely fine £120-£150

Lot 1285, 5 Jun 19

Unsold

Lot 1286, 5 Jun 19

Great Britain, Lord Byron (1788-1824), the Bois Durci portrait, but cast in bronze; William Shakespeare (1564-1616) [2]. Extremely fine; first set on circular stained oak frame £100-£150

Lot 1286, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £50

Lot 1287, 5 Jun 19

Great Britain, International Exhibition, 1862, by T. Canu, Britannia enthroned, greets the two figures of medicine and science and arts and industry, each with cherub supporting emblems, rev. legends, 145mm (Allen –; cf. DW 18, 385); Prince Jerome Napoleon, 1862, by A. Barre, bust of Jérôme Napoleon (1805-1870) left, rev. exposition universelle londres 1862, 75mm (Allen –) [2]. Both with edge damage, otherwise extremely fine and very rare...

Lot 1287, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £100

Lot 1288, 5 Jun 19

Great Britain, Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865); Lord Brougham (1778-1868); Lord Derby (1799-1869); Richard Cobden (1804-56; John Bright (1811-89) [5]. Mostly scarce and extremely fine; fourth in brass frame £200-£300

Lot 1288, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £120

Lot 1289, 5 Jun 19

Great Britain, Victoria (1819-1901); Prince Albert (1819-61) [2]. Extremely fine; first with replacement loop £100-£120

Lot 1289, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £50

Lot 1290, 5 Jun 19

Great Britain, Victoria (1819-1901); Prince Albert (1819-61) [2]. Extremely fine; second in brass frame £100-£120

Lot 1290, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £50

Lot 1291, 5 Jun 19

Great Britain, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910), Alexandra, Princess of Wales (1844-1925) (2) [3]. Generally extremely fine, the latter two rare £200-£260

Lot 1291, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £100

Lot 1292, 5 Jun 19

Italy, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Torquato Tasso (1544-95); Portugal, Luiz de Camoes (1524/5-80); Spain, Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) [4]. Generally extremely fine £200-£300

Lot 1292, 5 Jun 19

Unsold

Lot 1293, 5 Jun 19

Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-78), dated 1859; Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-82); Pope Pius IX (1792-1878) [3]. Generally extremely fine, last scarce £100-£150

Lot 1293, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £50

Lot 1294, 5 Jun 19

Spain, Isabella II (1830-1904). About extremely fine, scarce £60-£80

Lot 1294, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £30

Lot 1295, 5 Jun 19

USA, George Washington (1732-99). About extremely fine, extremely rare £240-£300

Lot 1295, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £170

Lot 1296, 5 Jun 19

Red Bois Durci medals (4): George Frideric Handel (1685–1759); Joseph Haydn (1732–1809); Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871); Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47) [4]. Generally extremely fine; red medals far rarer than those in black £200-£300

Lot 1296, 5 Jun 19

Sold for £120

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