103230 | BOHEMIA. Praha Chamber of Commerce and Industry bronze award Plaque.

103230  |  BOHEMIA. Praha (Prague) Chamber of Commerce and Industry bronze award Plaque. Issued 1908 (64mm x 89mm, 163.76 g, 12h). By Antonín Mára & Ivan Bojislav Pichl in Praha.

 

Draped female standing left, holding wreath and with head turned away toward background veduta in bas relief panel // Upper body of Mercury left, reaching to artisan facing right; all in bas relief panel; in 11 lines below, JUBILEJNÍVÝSTAVA OBVODU / OBCHODNÍ A ŽIVNOSTENSKE / KOMORY PRAŽKE / SVÝM ÚČASTNÍKŮM / A SPOLUPRACOVNÍKŮM / DIE JUBILÄUMS=AUSSTELLUNG / DES BEZIRKES DER PRAGER HANDEL=S / UND GEWERBEKAMMER / IHREN TEILNEHMERN / UND MITARBEITERN / 1908 (jubilee exhibition of the Prague Chamber of Commerce and Trade District to its participants and collaborators). Edge: Plain.

 

Hauser 3868; Wurzbach 7685. Choice Mint State. Olive-brown surfaces, with some alluring red highlighting the devices and with a great matte nature overall. Includes original box of issue.

 

A great design that seemingly captures the spirit of the Vienna Secession in medallic form, linking the colorful, two-dimensional works by famous artists such as Gustav Klimt and Alphonse Mucha with the monochromatic, three-dimensional nature of medals and plaques. Here, one can easily see the draped female on the obverse as a direct parallel to the muses in Klimt's paintings and Mucha's prints, posters, and labels.

 

Upload: 4 August 2025.