FRANCE, Archéologie, 1902, an Art Nouveau silver plaque by S.-É. Vernier

FRANCE, Archéologie, 1902, an Art Nouveau silver plaque by S.-É. Vernier, naked young woman standing left amid an excavation, holding aloft a cup in her right hand and a pick-axe in her left, rev. Thracian and Egyptian busts flank a column, edge impressed argent and cornucopia, 70 x 50mm, 103.08g (PBE 939; CGMP p.388; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.342, 3; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.25, 154; BDM VI, 233; cf. MDC 16, 1996; cf. Macho 20, 2870). Very fine, rare £150-£200.

Estimate:£150

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