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SWITZERLAND, Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award...
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Bovy, Hugues (Swiss, 1841-1903); b. Geneva, and Hantz, Georges (Swiss, 1846-1920); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, and Chiattone, Gabriele (Swiss, 1853-1934); b. Lugano, and Meyer, Alois (German, 1855-1936); b. Füssen
SWITZERLAND, Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award medal by H. Bovy and G. Hantz after G. Chiattone and A. Meyer, semi-naked female seated facing, holding a laurel branch in her right hand and supporting part of a tree with her left, arms of Geneva and Switzerland below, rev. view of the entrance to the Expo and gardens, branches of oak below, central tablet inscribed (Capital de Garantie), 62mm, 103.51g (Martin 70; BDM II, 425; cf. Palombo 24, 766; cf. CGB Jan. 2024, 1013; cf. CNG e525, 1701; cf. DNW 169, 1151). Very fine, toned £40-£50
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Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik December 2001.
Edition of 1,175. The Expo, presided over by Adolphe Deucher (1831-1912), head of the Département de l’agriculture, and Théodore Turretini (1845-1916), president of the administrative council of the city of Geneva, was staged from 1 May to 15 October 1896. Despite attracting 2.3 million visitors, the event ran at a loss. An XRF analysis of the metal content is sold with the lot
SWITZERLAND, Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award medal by H. Bovy and G. Hantz after G. Chiattone and A. Meyer, semi-naked female seated facing, holding a laurel branch in her right hand and supporting part of a tree with her left, arms of Geneva and Switzerland below, rev. view of the entrance to the Expo and gardens, branches of oak below, central tablet inscribed (Capital de Garantie), 62mm, 103.51g (Martin 70; BDM II, 425; cf. Palombo 24, 766; cf. CGB Jan. 2024, 1013; cf. CNG e525, 1701; cf. DNW 169, 1151). Very fine, toned £40-£50
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Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik December 2001.
Edition of 1,175. The Expo, presided over by Adolphe Deucher (1831-1912), head of the Département de l’agriculture, and Théodore Turretini (1845-1916), president of the administrative council of the city of Geneva, was staged from 1 May to 15 October 1896. Despite attracting 2.3 million visitors, the event ran at a loss. An XRF analysis of the metal content is sold with the lot
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Bovy, Hugues (Swiss, 1841-1903); b. Geneva, and Hantz, Georges (Swiss, 1846-1920); b. La Chaux-de-Fonds, and Chiattone, Gabriele (Swiss, 1853-1934); b. Lugano, and Meyer, Alois (German, 1855-1936); b. Füssen
SWITZERLAND, Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award medal by H. Bovy and G. Hantz after G. Chiattone and A. Meyer, semi-naked female seated facing, holding a laurel branch in her right hand and supporting part of a tree with her left, arms of Geneva and Switzerland below, rev. view of the entrance to the Expo and gardens, branches of oak below, central tablet inscribed (Capital de Garantie), 62mm, 103.51g (Martin 70; BDM II, 425; cf. Palombo 24, 766; cf. CGB Jan. 2024, 1013; cf. CNG e525, 1701; cf. DNW 169, 1151). Very fine, toned £40-£50
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Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik December 2001.
Edition of 1,175. The Expo, presided over by Adolphe Deucher (1831-1912), head of the Département de l’agriculture, and Théodore Turretini (1845-1916), president of the administrative council of the city of Geneva, was staged from 1 May to 15 October 1896. Despite attracting 2.3 million visitors, the event ran at a loss. An XRF analysis of the metal content is sold with the lot
SWITZERLAND, Exposition Nationale Suisse, Geneva, 1896, an Art Nouveau plated bronze award medal by H. Bovy and G. Hantz after G. Chiattone and A. Meyer, semi-naked female seated facing, holding a laurel branch in her right hand and supporting part of a tree with her left, arms of Geneva and Switzerland below, rev. view of the entrance to the Expo and gardens, branches of oak below, central tablet inscribed (Capital de Garantie), 62mm, 103.51g (Martin 70; BDM II, 425; cf. Palombo 24, 766; cf. CGB Jan. 2024, 1013; cf. CNG e525, 1701; cf. DNW 169, 1151). Very fine, toned £40-£50
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Provenance: Bt Leu Numismatik December 2001.
Edition of 1,175. The Expo, presided over by Adolphe Deucher (1831-1912), head of the Département de l’agriculture, and Théodore Turretini (1845-1916), president of the administrative council of the city of Geneva, was staged from 1 May to 15 October 1896. Despite attracting 2.3 million visitors, the event ran at a loss. An XRF analysis of the metal content is sold with the lot
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