| Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 292 | Auction date: 6 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 231 Price realized: 50 GBP (Approx. 64 USD / 58 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 Ledel, Dolf (Belgian, 1893-1976); b. Schaerbeek, and Fonson, Jean, later Jules (Brussels, 1848-present) BELGIUM, Centenaire du Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, 1938, a bronze plaque by D. Ledel for Fonson, view of the sugar refinery, townscape at left, rev. dockworker carrying sack from a cart, ships in background, edge impressed j. fonson, 77 x 66mm, 181.87g (cf. Rauch 95, 2198). Good very fine, dark patina £30-£40 --- The Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, founded in May 1836 by Jozef van den Berghe de Binckum (1804-72) and Pierre-Antoine van den Bossche, became a public company in September 1887. The Wittouck family, who ran the refinery for almost 100 years, sold it in 1989 for the equivalent of 1 billion euros. The 1838 date on the plaque probably represents the year that the factory mastered trials of slicing sugar beet. |  |
