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2281 - ECOLE ACADEMIQUE D' ORLEANS 1858 - large medal 60 mm brown p…
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Estimate €300
Description
ECOLE ACADEMIQUE D' ORLEANS 1858 - large medal 60 mm brown patinated pewter. "Allegorical group with 3 elements, on the left a winged figure, draped, ; on the right a woman brandishing crowns ; around them the instruments of the painter, the sculptor, the architect... navy anchor. Parchments... 3 lines of exergue: "ECOLE . ACAD . ET . GRAT DE PEINT . SCULP . ARCH / ET ARTS DEPENDANT DU DESSIN / A ORLEANS 1786. - Reverse, circular text: "THE GENIE WHICH IS NOT APPLIED TO THE USEFUL CAN ONLY GIVE EPHEMER GLORY"; in centre text 9 lines: "it would be necessary so that glory one day crowns your foreheads, and that here in the memory, one lives again your names, red-headed councillors, who lived as idlers. Less land in Sologne and more water in Orleans / July 1858". medal signed Garapon - 60,65 grammes - VERY RARE - L/A n° 2229 var.
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About the sale SALE CHRONO history and numismatics, MEDALS, JETONS and CURRENCIES ORLEANS and LOIRET & bordering + miscellaneous.
Auction location
Auction time 06/26/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 87494916
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