A Collection of European Art Medals
This collection of medals was formed, or acquired, by Hans Wilhelm Emanuel Schiffer (1893-1979), the eldest son of Eugen Schiffer (1860-1954), a Berlin-based lawyer and politician (see the last lot in this section for a medal of Eugen by Josef Tautenhayn, in all probability a gift of the artist). Eugen helped to establish the Berliner Verwaltungsakademie, the first institution of higher learning for the German civil service, in 1921; previously, he had served two terms as deputy Prime Minister of the new Weimar Republic. Hans Schiffer lived in London until his death and the family are now disposing of the medals.
The following 75 lots include an excellent representation of issues of the Société des Amis de la Médaille Française issued between February 1900 and February 1914, although the serial numbers on the edges of these SAMF medals suggest that most of them were pieces from the end of each production run. In theory the numbers of pieces ordered by the Society and struck at the Monnaie would have reflected, to a greater extent, the number of members of the Society; in practice, Society membership declined sharply from about 1905 and it is not known whether Hans Schiffer was a member, or whether he acquired unissued medals from the Society’s stock between 1910, when the Society was dissolved, and 1920, when its final assets (including medals) were distributed and the organisation was wound up. Significantly though, the last six medals from the series, distributed by the Society in May 1920, are not present here.
787
AUSTRIA, Macht der Töne [The Power of Sounds], 1911, a uniface bronze medal by A. Hartig, robed female standing singing, seated male harpist behind, standing audience at left, 75mm (Hauser –; BDM VII, 420; cf. WAG 33, 3024). Spot by harpist’s head, otherwise very fine
£30-£40 788
AUSTRIA, Europa, 1912, a uniface octagonal bronze plaque by A.R. Weinberger, naked female representing Europa, seated side-saddle on a bull (Zeus), her modesty shielded by a garland of roses, 69 x 67mm (Hauser –; BDM VIII, 266; cf. DNW 49, 846). Very fine
£60-£80
In Homer’s Iliad, Europa, daughter of the King, was playing on the beach at Sidon, where Zeus saw her and fell in love. Transformed into a magnificent white bull, he came to lie down at her feet. As soon as she was on his back, he took off over the sea to Crete
789
BELGIUM, Le Mineur, c. 1904, a uniface bronze plaque by C. Meunier, head of miner right, wearing helmet and holding pick-axe, factory chimney in background, 133 x 100mm (cf. DNW 169, 1242). Very fine; with soldered pins on the back for suspension
£60-£80
790
BELGIUM, L’Aïeule, 1906, a uniface cast bronze plaque by G. Devreese, old lady seated left by fire-place, peeling a potato, 92 x 82mm (Willenz 35). Very fine, decorative; with soldered pins on the back for suspension
£80-£100 791
FRANCE, Géographie, 1884, a bronze award medal by A. Dubois, un-named, 50mm (PBE 387; CGMP pp.158-9; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.20, 56; BDM I, 631); La Science Moderne découvre l’Antiquité, 1895 [struck 1901], a bronze award medal by F.-C. V. de Vernon for the Université de Paris, un-named, 68mm (Maier 154; CGMP p.396; Coll. R. Marx 301 -2; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 158; BDM VI, 238); La Musique, c. 1900, a bronze award medal by A. Rivet, un-named, 50mm (cf. PBE 818; BDM V, 135); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a bronze medal by J.-B. Daniel- Dupuis, 50mm (PBE 317; CGMP pp.172-3; Coll. R. Marx 310; BDM I, 666); Dessin, 1903, a bronze award medal by R. Baudichon, un-named, 50mm (CGMP p.24; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.17, 7); Pax, 1907, a bronze medal by J.-L. Mérot, 63mm (CGMP p.253; BDM VIII, 56; cf. DNW M14, 1550) [6]. Very fine
£90-£120
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