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pós-Medieval Copper Exceptional Button with a Heraldic Shield made by Important French Medalist Louis-Charles Bouvet. Embossed Heraldic Coat of Arms, displaying two Victories, holding a crown, leaning elbows on two differently ornamented shields (research coat of arms). Ribbon with initials AC and inscription DURUS and FORTIS
Intact, very clear and defined image with a magnificent brownish and reddish patina.
Inscription on the reverse: J.B.M *14 R Castiglione. M. BOUVET* AGRY.
Loop intact- still wearable.
Diameter: 3 cm.

Agry, located at 14 rue de Castiglione (1st arrondissement of Paris) since the mid-19th century. Independent and family-run, the business has seen seven generations succeed one another, passing on their expertise in metal engraving. In the late 1820s, the sculptor and medalist Louis-Charles Bouvet opened a shop at 14 rue de Castiglione; engraver to the king and embassies, he handed over his business in the early 1860s to François-Marie Agry.
A student of the sculptor Armand Toussaint at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the first record of his work as a medalist is found in his medal commemorating the distribution of French flags to the National Guard by King Louis-Philippe I (1830). Bouvet also worked for private clients, such as Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild (wedding medal, August 1842); at this time, he described himself as "engraver to the King and the British Embassy in Paris." He received a gold medal at the 1844 Exhibition of French Industrial Products in Paris. He is found working on coin designs during the Second French Republic. The Paris Mint also commissioned him to design a design for a US $10 coin (eight bronze copies were struck in 1849), which was later described as "botched."

His career took a new turn when he began exhibiting at the Paris Salon from 1850 onwards: first, ornate precious metal frames for medallions, then in 1852, two designs for Queen Isabella II of Spain: a coin and a plaster equestrian statue. His Paris address was 12-14, rue de Castiglione, where his shop sold medals, personalized cufflinks, and other metal engraving services related to heraldry.

In 1853, his design for the obverse of the French 5-franc coin was chosen, featuring a bareheaded Napoleon III; this design remained in use until 1859. At the 1855 Salon, he exhibited his various commissions from Napoleon III, the Spanish Mint, and the Paraguayan Mint (a 4-peso gold coin). He also worked on designs for the Mexico City Mint (5, 10, and 50 centavo coins).

From 1864 onward, he exhibited again at the Salon, but his address was in Blois; his shop in Paris had become "Maison Bouvet, Agry successor." In 1875, he exhibited in Blois, listed as residing at 65 rue du Foix; there he presented frames for commemorative medallions as well as his earlier creations. He was the teacher of, among others, Ferdinand-Léon Ménétrier.

Louis-Charles Bouvet died in March 1887. He had been married since August 1830 to Jenny Caroline Lévêque, one of the daughters of the sculptor and engraver Pierre Lévêque (Beauvais, 1780 – Passy, 1845), who had a shop in the Galerie de Valois at the Palais-Royal.