10-05-201310-05-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2676BBoston
October 5, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Nine Commemorative Bronze Medallions

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$390$325
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2676BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 05, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Nine Commemorative Bronze Medallions, five bronze: two rectangular, one for the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary 1630 1930, lg. 3 1/2, one for Louis Pasteur 1822 1895, lg. 2 7/8, and three roundels, one for the First New York-Paris Flight by Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh, dia. 3 1/4, one for the New Theatre of New York 1909, dia. 3, and one for Benjamin Franklin 1706 1790, published in 1932, dia. 3, and four silvered bronzes: a roundel by Godefroid Devreese (1861-1941) with depiction of Albert and Elizabeth Generosity - Gratitude, 1914, dia. 2 3/4, a roundel from the Society of the Protection of Animals in Paris, by A. Doublemard, c. 1901, dia. 1 5/8, a roundel from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society awarded to Arnold Arboretum for a group of flowering shrubs June 7, 1933 by P.N. Mitchell, Boston, dia. 2, and one rectangular with depiction of three male workers, lg. 3 1/8 in.
Estimate $600-800


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Keywords

Louis Pasteur, Charles A. Lindbergh, Franklin, Elizabeth, Albert, Society of the Protection of Animals in Paris, Arnold Arboretum, Massachusetts Horticultural Society