France The Meeting (of Seasons, F. Heller) ca.1875 

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France The Meeting (of Seasons, F. Heller) ca.1875
France The Meeting (of Seasons, F. Heller) ca.1875
France The Meeting (of Seasons, F. Heller) ca.1875France The Meeting (of Seasons, F. Heller) ca.1875France The Meeting (of Seasons, F. Heller) ca.1875

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5900851
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
France The Meeting (of Seasons, F. Heller) ca.1875
Type
Art medals
Publisher
Value
Country
France
Year
1875
Collection / set
Material
Silvered copper
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
Reverse
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Heller, F.A.
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
255 mm
Number
Details
Florent-Antoine Heller (1841-1904) was born in Alsace and he started working for Tiffany in New York City in 1871. He was awarded of the Gold Medal for the Service de Table called "Olympia" (which was bought by the Prince of Wales) . In 1875, he was sent to France into exhibit at the Salon des Artistes Francais, two galvano plaques: - The Alsace as a Slave (ordered by The Alsace Lorraine Society in NYC ) and - "Time and Seasons" (ordered by the Agricultural Society of Rhode Island). The specimen is probably one of two F.A. Heller pieces sent from Tiffany’s NYC to Paris, in 1875, and may be an "Epreuve d’Auteur", or pattern, of the Artist's very early work, in order to submit to the approbation of Jury Members at an exhibition or to a Mint. Such pieces are extremely rare (1 or 2 in existence).