Exonumia Auction - Maine Antique Digest

TIFFANY, 1915. Marqusee 384; Forrer 8:237. 64.4mm. Bronze.Uncirculated. Struck by Tiffany & Co. (Unsigned, as are mostTiffany medals.) The obverse bears an allegorical female figureholding a lamp and an olive branch, standing in front of a globe,clouds below. On the reverse, four shields rest on a raised circularpanel, U.S. above, Great Britain’s below, large PAX in center; dates18 / 15 above, 19 / 15 below. The legend around reads: ONEHUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF PEACE AMONG ENGLISHSPEAKING PEOPLES.The obverse design is based upon an 1815 medal by J.G.Hancock celebrating the Treaty of Ghent, which ended theWar of 1812. (See BHM #841 * Eimer #1059.) The medal ishoused in its original Tiffany box imprinted on the upper inside,COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL/ ISSUED BY THE/ AMERICANPEACE CENTENARY COMMITTEE/ IN COMMEMORATIONOF THE/ ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF PEACE/ 1815-1915. (F)Lot 1450 (reduced)1450. PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF FRANZ LISZT, 1913. 7” Cast BronzedWhite metal. Jeno Jusko, Sc. (Metal Products Mfg. Co., NYC.).About Uncirculated. Mounted on a 9 1/2 x 12” wooden board.About Uncirculated. High relief bust to quarter right, a facsimile ofhis signature in the right field. (G)1451. STAR SPANGLED BANNER CENTENNIAL OFFICIAL MEDAL,1914. Taylor 2. 51mm. Bronze. Hans Schuler, Sc. (W&H)Choice AU. Obverse: NATIONAL STAR-SPANGLED BANNERCENTENNIAL. BALTIMORE, MD. U.S.A. SEPT. 6-13, 1914around the flag enveloping a medallion bust of Francis Scott Key.Reverse: “TIS THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER” above Key anda companion gazing toward Fort McHenry. (C-D)Lot 1453 (reduced)1453. PORTRAIT PLASTER OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON, 1916.4.75” White Plaster. W. Clark Noble, Sc. Uniface with a suspensionwire embedded in the plaster. Noble’s portrait of Emerson facingevery so slightly right is reminiscent of Victor D. Brenner’s earlierplaque for the Grolier Club. (E-F)1454. MORGAN GARDNER BULKELEY “TRIBUTE MEDAL”, 1916.43.8mm. Silver. John Flanagan, Sc. (W&H). VF/XF, the edgesa bit rough. The obverse bears a portrait of Bulkeley to the left,MORGAN. GARNDNER. BULKELEY above. The reverse legend,BULKELEY TRIBUTE at top and MCMXV, below surrounds awreath closed with an acorn encircling the incused inscription ofaward, NIAGARA FALLS/ FIRE OFFICE.Lot 1452 (reduced)1452. ANGLO - AMERICAN PEACE CENTENNIAL MEDAL BYMorgan Gardner Bulkeley was the son of the founder of the AetnaLife and Casualty Company and was the firm’s first president from1879-1922. In baseball, he was the first president of the NationalLeague (1876). He later became interested in politics and wasGovernor of Connecticut (1889-1893) and later U.S. Senator fromthat sate (1905-1911). (D-E)1455. INDIANA STATEHOOD CENTENNIAL, 1916. Baxter 102. 63mm.Bronze. Janet Scudder, Sc. (Struck by MACO, but not edgemarked.) Uncirculated. with a few scattered dark spots. Thisdelicate low relief medal shows on the obverse an allegoricalrepresentation of the baby state of 1816 being welcomed to theUnion, while in the distance are seen the historical Little StateHouse in Corydon and the Constitution Elm. The reverse depictsthe State Seal and bears the legend: INDIANA 1816 * 1916.Janet Scudder is one of our foremost early 20th century sculptors.She was a pupil of Frederick MacMonnies who referred to her199H