French Art Nouveau medal Notre-Dame-de-Consolation by Pillet (1900)

Description

Beautiful French silver-plated medal for the erection of the chapel Notre-Dame-de-Consolation in 1900, and commemorating the victimes of the fire of the Bazar de la Charité in 1897.
The Bazar de la Charité was an annual charity event organized by French Catholic aristocracy. The fire claimed 126 lives, many of which were notable aristocratic women.
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Artist: Charles Pillet (1869-1960)
Title: Notre-Dame-de-Consolation
Material: bronze silver-plated
Size: 70mm
Weight: 153gr
Inscription:
Obverse: 4 MAI 1897 - 4 MAI 1900 / Signature CH.PILLET
Reverse: A. GUILBERT ARCHTE / Signature CH·PILLET· / NOTRE·DAME·DE·CONSOLATION· / MONUMENT·COMMEMORATIF·ELEVE· / RUE·JEAN·GOUJON·A·LA·MEMOIRE· / DES·VICTIMES·DE·LA· / CHARITE·
Edge: Cornucopia mint mark / BRONZE
Mint: Monnaie de Paris
Book reference: -
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I am currently reorganizing my collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco medals and plaquettes, mainly from France. Over the next weeks, I will regularly put on sale medals of prominent medal artists.
If you are interested in medals of that period, I would like to recommend the book 'French medallic art 1870-1940', which I published in 2010.