VERY RARE LARGE ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE
ANTIQUE ART NOUVEAU
FRANCAISE REPUBLIQUE MARIANNE
III REPUBLIC CAST BUILDING PLAQUE
PLAQUE IS 8.25" IN DIAMETER
IT HAS 3 FASTENING POINTS FOR MOUNTING
THIS PLAQUE IS AN ACTUAL
ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE FROM PARIS
IT WAS REMOVED MANY YEARS AGO FROM A BUILDING
AT 38 AVENUE MARCEAU, ON THE CHAMPS ELYSEES
JUST A FEW BLOCK FROM THE ARCH DE TRIUMPH
MARIANNE IS DISPLAYED IN MANY PLACES IN FRANCE AND HOLDS A
PLACE OF HONOR IN TOWN HALLS AND LAW COURTS
MARIANNE IS A NATIONAL SYMBOL OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
AN ALLEGORY OF LIBERTY AND REASON, AND A PORTRAYAL OF THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY
THE IMAGE OF "MARIANNE" ON THIS PLAQUE IS THE
1878 RENDITION BY JULES CLEMENT CHAPLAIN
IN VERY GOOD CONDITION