Stunning gold-plated bronze plaque, 3.25 x 5.5, featuring an impressive raised relief of Fame seated on a throne, a palm branch in her right hand and a trumpet in her left, with the artist’s name along the right edge, “1900” printed at the top, and “Jury,” at the bottom. Reverse bears a hand-engraved presentation, in French, which reads, “A Lucien Layus, affectuex souvenir, G. R. S.” Plaque rates extra fine plus. Plaque was presented by Gustave Roger Sandoz, General Secretary of the French Committee of Expositions, to Layus, who was a prominent member of the prestigious 1900 World’s Fair Committee. He was also reported to have been the president of Director of Judges for the Olympics and other exposition events. To the best of our knowledge, this gilt gold example is the only one of its 1900 format to ever be offered.
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