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Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris
FRANCE, Touring-Club de France, 1923, a bronze award plaque by H. Dropsy, couple seated on bench under tree examining a map, car, motorcycle, yacht and rowing boat in lower foreground, rev. skis, wheels, oars, rucksack and a tent, tablet in foreground, named (École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres), edge impressed cuivre and with foundry mark, 75 x 55mm, 151.82g (Maier 303; Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. iNumis MBS 42, 1103; cf. DNW 137, 557). Very fine; in black gilt-blocked fitted case of issue £30-£40
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Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 948 (part); bt Irene Allen January 2003.
The École normale supérieure de Sèvres, a former French higher education establishment. operated from 1881 to 1936, before its name was changed; it was located in the old Sèvres porcelain manufactory. The Touring-Club de France, founded in 1890 and headquartered on the avenue de la Grand Armée in Paris, was a social club for cyclists and, later, for those who participated in other mobile pastimes, driving tourism in the regions. The club went bankrupt in 1984
FRANCE, Touring-Club de France, 1923, a bronze award plaque by H. Dropsy, couple seated on bench under tree examining a map, car, motorcycle, yacht and rowing boat in lower foreground, rev. skis, wheels, oars, rucksack and a tent, tablet in foreground, named (École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres), edge impressed cuivre and with foundry mark, 75 x 55mm, 151.82g (Maier 303; Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. iNumis MBS 42, 1103; cf. DNW 137, 557). Very fine; in black gilt-blocked fitted case of issue £30-£40
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Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 948 (part); bt Irene Allen January 2003.
The École normale supérieure de Sèvres, a former French higher education establishment. operated from 1881 to 1936, before its name was changed; it was located in the old Sèvres porcelain manufactory. The Touring-Club de France, founded in 1890 and headquartered on the avenue de la Grand Armée in Paris, was a social club for cyclists and, later, for those who participated in other mobile pastimes, driving tourism in the regions. The club went bankrupt in 1984
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Dropsy, Henri (French, 1885-1969); b. Paris
FRANCE, Touring-Club de France, 1923, a bronze award plaque by H. Dropsy, couple seated on bench under tree examining a map, car, motorcycle, yacht and rowing boat in lower foreground, rev. skis, wheels, oars, rucksack and a tent, tablet in foreground, named (École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres), edge impressed cuivre and with foundry mark, 75 x 55mm, 151.82g (Maier 303; Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. iNumis MBS 42, 1103; cf. DNW 137, 557). Very fine; in black gilt-blocked fitted case of issue £30-£40
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Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 948 (part); bt Irene Allen January 2003.
The École normale supérieure de Sèvres, a former French higher education establishment. operated from 1881 to 1936, before its name was changed; it was located in the old Sèvres porcelain manufactory. The Touring-Club de France, founded in 1890 and headquartered on the avenue de la Grand Armée in Paris, was a social club for cyclists and, later, for those who participated in other mobile pastimes, driving tourism in the regions. The club went bankrupt in 1984
FRANCE, Touring-Club de France, 1923, a bronze award plaque by H. Dropsy, couple seated on bench under tree examining a map, car, motorcycle, yacht and rowing boat in lower foreground, rev. skis, wheels, oars, rucksack and a tent, tablet in foreground, named (École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres), edge impressed cuivre and with foundry mark, 75 x 55mm, 151.82g (Maier 303; Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; cf. iNumis MBS 42, 1103; cf. DNW 137, 557). Very fine; in black gilt-blocked fitted case of issue £30-£40
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Provenance: DNW Auction 45, 1 March 2000, lot 948 (part); bt Irene Allen January 2003.
The École normale supérieure de Sèvres, a former French higher education establishment. operated from 1881 to 1936, before its name was changed; it was located in the old Sèvres porcelain manufactory. The Touring-Club de France, founded in 1890 and headquartered on the avenue de la Grand Armée in Paris, was a social club for cyclists and, later, for those who participated in other mobile pastimes, driving tourism in the regions. The club went bankrupt in 1984
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