World Medals: Charpentier, Alexandre-Louis-Marie (French, 1856-1909); b. Paris, and Duval-Janvier (Paris, fl. 1892-1902), especially Victor Janvier (1851-1911); b. Paris FRANCE, Duval-Janvier, c. 1900, an octagonal Art Nouveau bronze plaque by A.-L.-M. Charpentier for Duval-Janvier, male figure working a coining press, rev. reduced vignettes of the obverse design, edge impressed bronze 44 and with foundry mark, 60 x 52mm, 81.97g (PBE 152; BDM VII, 177; Jones, Art of the Medal, 345; cf. Höhn 110, 578; cf. Kölner 120, 1611; cf. Noonans 264, 909). About extremely fine £60-£80 Provenance: Bt Münz Zentrum Rheinland. Duval-Janvier, later Janvier-Berchot, at 22 rue de Montmorency, Paris, had a reputation as the best technicians for the reducing and striking of medals in Paris in the first decade of the 20th century