U.S.A., Exposition Universelle Internationale, San Francisco [Panama-Pacific

U.S.A., Exposition Universelle Internationale, San Francisco [Panama-Pacific International Exposition], 1915, a pair of uniface gilt-bronze plaques by L.-A. Bottée for the Comité Français des Expositions à l’Etranger, robed female standing amongst ruins symbolic of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, the city itself beyond, rev. map of the Americas, the location of the canal symbolized by a radiant torch, above a view of the French exhibition building, each 149 x 108mm, 137.68g and 134.46g (Maier 140 [Sale, lot 2013]; cf. MDC 18, 2079; cf. Silich I, 49) [2]. Extremely fine, an attractive and decorative pair £200-£300.

Estimate:£200

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