(All) On loan from the ‘Société des Études du Lot’ (Lot Study Society), before 1954
1– Medal from the 1889 Universal Exhibition
Louis-Alexandre BOTTÉE
(Paris, 1852- Paris, 1940)
1889, bronze, Ø 2,5 in
This medal was awarded to the Municipal Art School (École municipale de dessin – Cahors?). On the obverse, a female figure places a laurel wreath on the head of a man leaning on an anvil. On the reverse, the ‘Renowned’ blows a trumpet and wraps an arm around Marianne’s bust.
2– Medal of Choir, Harmonies and Fanfares
Anonymous engraver
Bronze, Ø 2,4 in
On the obverse, three standing women dressed in antique style, the one in the middle is holding a score. On the reverse, a laurel wreath.
3– Medal from the 1889 Universal Exhibition
Daniel Dupuis – Jean-Baptiste-Daniel Dupuis, known as (Blois, 1893 – Paris, 1894), engraver
1889, bronze, Ø 2,5 in
On the obverse, the title : FRENCH REPUBLIC. Marianne’s head in profile with a branch of laurel. Reverse, the title: UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION // PARIS 1889. A female figure is showing a man the city of Paris with the Eiffel Tower.
4– Token for the director’s fee for the ‘Siege of Paris’
Anonymous engraver
1870, bronze, Ø 1,3 in
On the obverse, the title: SIEGE OF PARIS – MDCCCLXX. The space left free allowed the owner of the token to write his name in ink. On the reverse, a female figure representing the Defence of Paris, stands on the ramparts of the city, holding a sword in her right hand, pointing at the enemy. In her left hand, she holds a folded flag. To the left, soldiers are loading a cannon. To the right, other men are armed with rifles.
5– Medal from the 1865 Cahors Exhibition
Auguste BESCHER (? – ?), engraver
Alfred BORREL (Paris, 1836 – Chevilly-Larue, 1927), engraver
1865, Copper, Ø 1,6 in
Obverse: NAPOLEON III EMPEROR. Bust of Napoleon III in profile, a laurel wreath on his head. On the reverse, the title: TOWN OF CAHORS EXHIBITION OF 1865 (town of Cahors coat of arms).
6– Medal from the 1881 Cahors Exhibition
Anonymous engraver
1881, Silver, Ø 1,4 in
Obverse, the title: CAHORS’ ARTISTIC AND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION 1881. Laurel wreath. This exhibition seems to have been linked to the Regional Agricultural Competition that opened on 21st May 1881 and to the National Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Horticulture in Cahors, which closed on 26th June. On the reverse, the title: TOWN OF CAHORS. Coat of arms of the town of Cahors.
7– Advertising token for an umbrella manufacturer
Aumoitte (? – ?), engraver
Brass, Ø 0,8 in
On the obverse, the title: TO JONC PHENOMENE GALERIE FEYDEAU FARGE MANUFACTURER PASSAGE DES PANORAMAS
On the reverse, the title: CANES, UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS / PARIS
Canes and umbrellas intertwined, all under an open
parasol, constitute a pastiche of a coat of arms.
8– Token of the Phonograph Exhibition
Anonymous engraver
Nickel silver, Ø 0,9 in
Obverse, the title: 26 BD DES ITALIENS / PARIS / PHONOGRAPH EXHIBITION
A cock, the emblem of the Pathé brand, crows in front of a phonograph derived from the Graphophone Eagle. At the end of the 19th century, phonograph merchants set up hearing aids for their customers, sometimes in dedicated rooms. The most famous was probably the listening room at ‘Pathé’s Salon du Phonographe’ on Boulevard des Italiens in Paris, which opened in 1898.
People bought an audition token in order to listen to a record.
On the reverse, the inscription: ‘DEPOSEE’ (REGISTERED).
9– Medal of Monseigneur Grimardias
Anonymous engraver
Brass, Ø 1,1 in
Title: SILVER ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR OF HIS GRACE PIERRE ALFRED GRIMARDIAS BISHOP OF CAHORS (LOT) 1891
Title: ROC AMADOUR (LOT) 6TH AUGUST 1891
Coat of arms of His Grace Grimardias Pierre Alfred Grimardias (Maringues, 1813 – Rocamadour, 1896) was Bishop of Cahors from 1866 to 1896. The Henri-Martin Museum was the bishop’s palace in the 19th century. The coat of arms of Bishop Grimardias can be found in several areas of the museum. The coat of arms features three silver horns. Have you seen them in the previous room, the former bishops’ dining room?
