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FRANCE, Centenaire de la compagnie Pechiney, 1955, an aluminium medal by P. Belmondo,...
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Belmondo, Paul (Algerian, 1898-1982); b. Algiers, moved to France 1920
FRANCE, Centenaire de la compagnie Pechiney, 1955, an aluminium medal by P. Belmondo, jugate busts of Henri Merle, Alfred Pechiney and Paul Héroult left, rev. naked male seated in a mountainous setting with clouds behind, conducting a bolt of lightning into the ground, edge impressed aluminium and cornucopia, 68mm, 40.71g. Extremely fine £15-£25
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Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2007.
In 1855 Henri Merle, a chemical engineer, established the Compagnie des Produits Chimiques d’Alais et de la Camargue at Salindres (dép. Gard) with Jean-Baptiste Guimet. Their factory produced its first aluminium in 1860. In 1874 the founders were joined by the financier Alfred Rangod, who took the name Pechiney after his step-father, who managed it from 1877 to 1906. Paul Héroult, a scientist who had discovered a much more efficient electrolytical process to cast aluminium in 1886, offered to sell his invention to Pechiney, but the latter declined and closed its aluminium business, only to buy a competing firm in 1897 to enter the field of electrolysis. In the early years of the 20th century the company expanded across France, into Norway and the U.S. By 1955 the company which, like other aluminium producers, prospered in the inter-War years, had been completely reorganised into four major divisions, aluminium, electrothermics, chemicals and mining products. Sold with much further background information
FRANCE, Centenaire de la compagnie Pechiney, 1955, an aluminium medal by P. Belmondo, jugate busts of Henri Merle, Alfred Pechiney and Paul Héroult left, rev. naked male seated in a mountainous setting with clouds behind, conducting a bolt of lightning into the ground, edge impressed aluminium and cornucopia, 68mm, 40.71g. Extremely fine £15-£25
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Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2007.
In 1855 Henri Merle, a chemical engineer, established the Compagnie des Produits Chimiques d’Alais et de la Camargue at Salindres (dép. Gard) with Jean-Baptiste Guimet. Their factory produced its first aluminium in 1860. In 1874 the founders were joined by the financier Alfred Rangod, who took the name Pechiney after his step-father, who managed it from 1877 to 1906. Paul Héroult, a scientist who had discovered a much more efficient electrolytical process to cast aluminium in 1886, offered to sell his invention to Pechiney, but the latter declined and closed its aluminium business, only to buy a competing firm in 1897 to enter the field of electrolysis. In the early years of the 20th century the company expanded across France, into Norway and the U.S. By 1955 the company which, like other aluminium producers, prospered in the inter-War years, had been completely reorganised into four major divisions, aluminium, electrothermics, chemicals and mining products. Sold with much further background information
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Belmondo, Paul (Algerian, 1898-1982); b. Algiers, moved to France 1920
FRANCE, Centenaire de la compagnie Pechiney, 1955, an aluminium medal by P. Belmondo, jugate busts of Henri Merle, Alfred Pechiney and Paul Héroult left, rev. naked male seated in a mountainous setting with clouds behind, conducting a bolt of lightning into the ground, edge impressed aluminium and cornucopia, 68mm, 40.71g. Extremely fine £15-£25
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Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2007.
In 1855 Henri Merle, a chemical engineer, established the Compagnie des Produits Chimiques d’Alais et de la Camargue at Salindres (dép. Gard) with Jean-Baptiste Guimet. Their factory produced its first aluminium in 1860. In 1874 the founders were joined by the financier Alfred Rangod, who took the name Pechiney after his step-father, who managed it from 1877 to 1906. Paul Héroult, a scientist who had discovered a much more efficient electrolytical process to cast aluminium in 1886, offered to sell his invention to Pechiney, but the latter declined and closed its aluminium business, only to buy a competing firm in 1897 to enter the field of electrolysis. In the early years of the 20th century the company expanded across France, into Norway and the U.S. By 1955 the company which, like other aluminium producers, prospered in the inter-War years, had been completely reorganised into four major divisions, aluminium, electrothermics, chemicals and mining products. Sold with much further background information
FRANCE, Centenaire de la compagnie Pechiney, 1955, an aluminium medal by P. Belmondo, jugate busts of Henri Merle, Alfred Pechiney and Paul Héroult left, rev. naked male seated in a mountainous setting with clouds behind, conducting a bolt of lightning into the ground, edge impressed aluminium and cornucopia, 68mm, 40.71g. Extremely fine £15-£25
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Provenance: Bt Simmons May 2007.
In 1855 Henri Merle, a chemical engineer, established the Compagnie des Produits Chimiques d’Alais et de la Camargue at Salindres (dép. Gard) with Jean-Baptiste Guimet. Their factory produced its first aluminium in 1860. In 1874 the founders were joined by the financier Alfred Rangod, who took the name Pechiney after his step-father, who managed it from 1877 to 1906. Paul Héroult, a scientist who had discovered a much more efficient electrolytical process to cast aluminium in 1886, offered to sell his invention to Pechiney, but the latter declined and closed its aluminium business, only to buy a competing firm in 1897 to enter the field of electrolysis. In the early years of the 20th century the company expanded across France, into Norway and the U.S. By 1955 the company which, like other aluminium producers, prospered in the inter-War years, had been completely reorganised into four major divisions, aluminium, electrothermics, chemicals and mining products. Sold with much further background information
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