Antique 1906 Oscar Roty French Peasant Agricultural Competition 1906 Bronze Medal converted to Brooch Beautiful Art Nouveau Relief.
ONE-OF-A-KIND
Date: 1906
Workshop: Paris
Metal: Bronze
Weight: 51g.
Diameter: 50mm.
Axis: 12 o'clock.
Morocco, Mateur agricultural competition, by Roty, 1906 Paris.
A Young peasant woman standing to the left, a bag of hay on her shoulder, in the yard of her farm, surrounded by animals; ROTY signature.
R/ * AGRICULTURAL COMPETITION *// MATEUR 1906. Vegetable wreath overloaded with heads of animals and agricultural machinery.
Bronze – 51.00g – 50.0mm – 12 o'clock. – Cornucopia.
The Concours General Agricole Paris (CGA) is a French agricultural show funded and organized by the French ministries of agriculture, food, fisheries and rural affairs. It is co-owned by the Centre Nationale d'Expositions, Paris’ national exhibition centre, where it is hosted annually.
The event first took shape in 1860 as a generalist agriculture show for the French nation.
Organized every year at late February, as part of the Salon International de l'Agriculture trade fair, this event awards prizes to six thousand five hundred animals, products and wines in the form of prestigious "oak leaf" medals in gold, silver and bronze.
The Medal is awarded to those who have worked for a long time in agriculture or related fields as employees. Thus, it is not awarded to the independent farmer or to the agricultural entrepreneur.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Louis-Oscar Roty usually known as Oscar Roty June 1846 – 23 March 1911) was one of the most celebrated medallists of the Art Nouveau period.
At the height of his career, he was awarded the Medal of Honor at the Salon in 1905. In 1878 Oscar Roty married Marie Boulanger, daughter of the wrought iron craftsman Pierre Boulanger.
Besides a huge number of medals and plaquettes, Roty is well known as the designer of the “Semeuse” image on French silver coins and stamps. His medallic art can be found in nearly all European museums. A large number of his medals and plaquettes can be viewed in the Kunsthalle Hamburg and the Musée Oscar Roty in Jargeau, France.
In EXCELLENT condition!