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Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris
FRANCE, Funérailles de Carnot, Paris [Funeral of President Carnot], 1894, a presentation pair of silver plaques by L.-O. Roty, Carnot’s body lying in state, female representing France standing next to him in mourning, basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière above, legend below, revs. funeral cortège bearing the coffin to the Panthéon, edges impressed argent and cornucopia, both 81 x 58mm, 150.86g, 148.96g (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Maier 101; Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; Godard 3; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.270, 72; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; BDM VI, 237-8; Jones, Art of the Medal, 323; Baxter 35; cf. MDC 15, 1617; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 120, 1651; cf. DNW 138, 2964) [2]. Extremely fine, toned; in a bespoke velvet-lined display stand allowing simultaneous viewing of both sides, attractive and very rare as such £400-£600
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35, 13-15 October 2003, lot 2338.
Marie-François Sadi Carnot (1837-94), b Limoges, civil engineer; elected to the French National Assembly, February 1871; appointed Minister of Public Works and Minister of Finance, April 1885; elected President of France 3 December 1887. After delivering a public speech at the Palais du Commerce, Lyon, on 24 June 1894, he was stabbed by an Italian anarchist, Sante Geronimo Caserio, a 20-year old baker from Sète. Carnot died the following day and was honoured by an elaborate funeral at the Panthéon in Paris on 1 July 1894; his assassin was convicted and guillotined on 16 August
FRANCE, Funérailles de Carnot, Paris [Funeral of President Carnot], 1894, a presentation pair of silver plaques by L.-O. Roty, Carnot’s body lying in state, female representing France standing next to him in mourning, basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière above, legend below, revs. funeral cortège bearing the coffin to the Panthéon, edges impressed argent and cornucopia, both 81 x 58mm, 150.86g, 148.96g (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Maier 101; Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; Godard 3; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.270, 72; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; BDM VI, 237-8; Jones, Art of the Medal, 323; Baxter 35; cf. MDC 15, 1617; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 120, 1651; cf. DNW 138, 2964) [2]. Extremely fine, toned; in a bespoke velvet-lined display stand allowing simultaneous viewing of both sides, attractive and very rare as such £400-£600
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35, 13-15 October 2003, lot 2338.
Marie-François Sadi Carnot (1837-94), b Limoges, civil engineer; elected to the French National Assembly, February 1871; appointed Minister of Public Works and Minister of Finance, April 1885; elected President of France 3 December 1887. After delivering a public speech at the Palais du Commerce, Lyon, on 24 June 1894, he was stabbed by an Italian anarchist, Sante Geronimo Caserio, a 20-year old baker from Sète. Carnot died the following day and was honoured by an elaborate funeral at the Panthéon in Paris on 1 July 1894; his assassin was convicted and guillotined on 16 August
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Roty, Louis-Oscar (French, 1846-1911); b. Paris
FRANCE, Funérailles de Carnot, Paris [Funeral of President Carnot], 1894, a presentation pair of silver plaques by L.-O. Roty, Carnot’s body lying in state, female representing France standing next to him in mourning, basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière above, legend below, revs. funeral cortège bearing the coffin to the Panthéon, edges impressed argent and cornucopia, both 81 x 58mm, 150.86g, 148.96g (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Maier 101; Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; Godard 3; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.270, 72; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; BDM VI, 237-8; Jones, Art of the Medal, 323; Baxter 35; cf. MDC 15, 1617; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 120, 1651; cf. DNW 138, 2964) [2]. Extremely fine, toned; in a bespoke velvet-lined display stand allowing simultaneous viewing of both sides, attractive and very rare as such £400-£600
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35, 13-15 October 2003, lot 2338.
Marie-François Sadi Carnot (1837-94), b Limoges, civil engineer; elected to the French National Assembly, February 1871; appointed Minister of Public Works and Minister of Finance, April 1885; elected President of France 3 December 1887. After delivering a public speech at the Palais du Commerce, Lyon, on 24 June 1894, he was stabbed by an Italian anarchist, Sante Geronimo Caserio, a 20-year old baker from Sète. Carnot died the following day and was honoured by an elaborate funeral at the Panthéon in Paris on 1 July 1894; his assassin was convicted and guillotined on 16 August
FRANCE, Funérailles de Carnot, Paris [Funeral of President Carnot], 1894, a presentation pair of silver plaques by L.-O. Roty, Carnot’s body lying in state, female representing France standing next to him in mourning, basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière above, legend below, revs. funeral cortège bearing the coffin to the Panthéon, edges impressed argent and cornucopia, both 81 x 58mm, 150.86g, 148.96g (Roty Compagnonnage p.89; Maier 101; Coll. R. Marx 70; PBE 860; CGMP p.358; Godard 3; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.270, 72; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.48, 175; BDM VI, 237-8; Jones, Art of the Medal, 323; Baxter 35; cf. MDC 15, 1617; cf. Kölner Münzkabinett 120, 1651; cf. DNW 138, 2964) [2]. Extremely fine, toned; in a bespoke velvet-lined display stand allowing simultaneous viewing of both sides, attractive and very rare as such £400-£600
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Provenance: Baldwin Auction 35, 13-15 October 2003, lot 2338.
Marie-François Sadi Carnot (1837-94), b Limoges, civil engineer; elected to the French National Assembly, February 1871; appointed Minister of Public Works and Minister of Finance, April 1885; elected President of France 3 December 1887. After delivering a public speech at the Palais du Commerce, Lyon, on 24 June 1894, he was stabbed by an Italian anarchist, Sante Geronimo Caserio, a 20-year old baker from Sète. Carnot died the following day and was honoured by an elaborate funeral at the Panthéon in Paris on 1 July 1894; his assassin was convicted and guillotined on 16 August
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