Gastronomy Medal – Signed by Charpente
Bronze
Weight: 318,5 g
Diameter: 86 mm
Obverse:
Circular inscription: LA GASTRONOMIE
Banquet scene with six seated and three standing figures carrying food.
Signature: CHARPENTE
Reverse:
Inscription circulaire : • L HOMME D ESPRIT SEVL SAIT MANGER • • • (taken from the quote by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: “Animals feed, man eats, only a man of intelligence knows how to eat.”)
Two people near an animal cooking on a spit.
A plate containing a rooster, a fish and a lobster.
Condiments.
Edge:
1975 + Cornucopia hallmark (Paris Mint)
