Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 292 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
Lot number: 87 Price realized: 280 GBP (Approx. 357 USD / 327 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals Cizek, Rudolf (Austrian, 1867-1936); b. Vienna, moved to Bohemia 1908, and Joseph Resch Fils (Bucharest, fl. 1837-1940) ROMANIA, Expozitiunea Generálá Románá, Bucharest, 1906, a yellow-bronze plaque by R. Cizek for Resch, bust of Carol I left, standing robed female figure with palm branch at right, impressed "egalitatea", rev. artisan sat on plinth regarding two females in diaphanous robes representing the Arts and Sciences, edge with foundry mark, 70 x 57mm, 101.42g (Wurzb. 4369; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 2, 1; cf. DNW 50, 1377). About extremely fine £30-£40 --- Provenance: H.D. Rauch MBS 8, 1 October 2004 (1775) This exhibition, staged in Carol Park in southern Bucharest, was the first major event of its type to be staged in Romania. Timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the accession of Carol I, it was opened by the monarch on 6 June 1906 and closed on 23 November. |