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For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneer's website, www.noonans.co.uk Meunier, Constantine (Belgian, 1831-1905); b. Etterbeek, and Wolfers Frès (Brussels, 1812-present) BELGIUM , 50e anniversaire de la Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes [ 50 th Anniversary of the Royal Belgian Society of Watercolourists] , 1906, a large Art Nouveau uniface silver plaque by C. Meunier for Wolfers Frès, shoulder-length portrait of a male artisan left, holding axe, back stamped wolfers frères 950, 86 x 75mm, 436.45g (BDM IV, 51; cf . Münz Zentrum Rheinland 182, 5215). Bold style, extremely fine and toned, very rare; in original light blue fitted case by Wolfers Frères, Bruxelles [this a trifle scuffed] £400-£500 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 62, 30 June 2004, lot 1564. Inspired by the British Royal Watercolour Society, the Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes was founded on 11 June 1856, initially with 16 members under their president, Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796-1877)