Medal and Box for Association des dames françaises (ADF), 1909

Object Name: 
Medal and Box for Association des dames françaises (ADF), 1909

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Object Name: 
Medal and Box for Association des dames françaises (ADF), 1909
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, possibly Clairefontaine
France, possibly Combs-la-Ville
Accession Number: 
2011.7.107
Dimensions: 
(a) H: 4.1 cm, W: 4.9 cm, D: 0.4 cm; (bc) H: 5.1 cm, W: 5.8 cm, D: 1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1909
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Primary Description: 
Medal and Box for Association des dames françaises (ADF), 1909. (a) Bronze; cast. Cross-shaped bronze medal showing a woman kneeling down tending to a man with a head wound. (b) Original green and gold cardboard box bottom. (c) Original green and gold cardboard box top. Inscribed in gold, "1909 / ASSOCIATION / DES / DAMES FRANCAISES +".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Steppa, Stanford, Source
2011-12-09
Steppa, Elaine, Source
2011-12-09
Color: 
bronze
green
gold
Technique: 
casting
Material: 
bronze
cardboard
Inscription: 
1909 / ASSOCIATION / DES / DAMES FRANCAISES / +
inscription
: 
Stamped (c) on top
R. LALIQUE
signature
: 
Engraved (a) on front near bottom right edge

Publications (1)

Rene Lalique: Enchanted by Glass (2014) illustrated, p. 92 (no. 5); BIB# 139598