Token Design for the Batiments du Roi: URGET PRAESENTIA REGIS
1739
Artists
Description
A hive of bees with workers entering from both sides, while the queen hovers above the apex.
Dimensions
diameter: 21.4 cm (8 7/16 in.)
Provenance
Cyril Humphris, London, sold at Sotheby's, New York, 1995. Sale, January 10, 1995, lot 64. Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario, purchased from Sotheby's, New York, 1995, sold to HUAM, 2000, 2000. long-term loan to HUAM, 1995-2000
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