1965 AD., France, 5th Republic, medal on the 3rd centenary of Saint Gobain corporation, engraver: Albert de Jaeger.
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France, 5th Republic, cast medal on the 3rd centenary of Saint Gobain glass manufacture, engraver: Albert de Jaeger, 1965 AD.,
Medal (ø 53 mm / 126 g), bronze cast, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), nearly plain edge with small filing grooves and a 18 mm deep and ø 4 mm drill hole with a screw thread at the lowest position,
Obv.: * TROISIEMME * CENTENAIRE * / SAINT*GOBAIN // MANVFACTVRE+ROYALE+DES+GLACES / 1665*1965 // COLBERT – FONDATEVR // A JAEGER , bust of Jean-Baptiste Colbert facing slightly left.
Rev.: GLACE - CHIMIE MINÉRALE 1806 - VERRE À VITRE 1911 - VERRE CREUVX 1918 - PAPIER CELLVLOSE 1928 - - PÉTROLE 1928 – FIBRE DE VERRE 1935 – CIMIE ORGANIQVE 1939 – ENERGIE ATOMIQVE 1952 , glas fabrication stream at center, 8 shields with other main activities of the company around, all within circle of the factory countries: ·PAYS·BAS·ETATS·VNIS·FRANCE·ALLEMAGNE·BELGIQVE· / ITALIE·PORTVGAL·SVEDE·SVISSE·ESPAGNE·BRESIL .
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Saint-Gobain S.A. is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered on the outskirts of Paris, at La Défense and in Courbevoie. Originally a mirror manufacturer, it now also produces a variety of construction and high-performance materials. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index.
Since the middle of the 17th century, luxury products such as silk textiles, lace and mirrors were in high demand. In the 1660s, mirrors had become very popular among the upper classes of society: Italian cabinets, châteaux and ornate side tables and pier-tables were decorated with this expensive and luxurious product. At the time, however, the French were not known for mirror technology; instead, the Republic of Venice was known as the world leader in glass manufacturing, controlling a technical and commercial monopoly of the glass and mirror business.[citation needed] French minister of finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert wanted France to become completely self-sufficient in meeting domestic demand for luxury products, thereby strengthening the national economy. Colbert established by letters patent the public enterprise Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs, (Royal Mirror-Glass Factory) in October 1665. The company was created for a period of twenty years and would be financed in part by the State.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His relentless hard work and thrift made him an esteemed minister. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy. Historians note that, despite Colbert's efforts, France actually became increasingly impoverished because of the King's excessive spending on wars. Colbert worked to create a favourable balance of trade and increase France's colonial holdings.[citation needed]
Colbert's market reforms included the foundation of the Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs in 1665 to supplant the importation of Venetian glass (forbidden in 1672, as soon as the French glass manufacturing industry was on sound footing) and to encourage the technical expertise of Flemish cloth manufacturing in France. He also founded royal tapestry works at Gobelins and supported those at Beauvais.
Albert de Jaeger, né à Roubaix le 28 octobre 1908 et mort à Paris, 14e arrondissement, le 19 mai 1992, est un sculpteur, graveur, médailleur, fondeur et orfèvre français.
Premier Prix à l'École des Beaux-Arts de Roubaix et de Tourcoing puis Premier Prix à l'École nationale des arts décoratifs de Paris en 1933.
Élève de Paul Niclausse (1879 - 1958), Henri Bouchard (1875 - 1960), Charles Despiau (1874 - 1946) et Henri Dropsy (1885 - 1969).
Premier Grand Prix de Rome de gravure en médaille en 1935 (avec l'œuvre "La Légende et l’Histoire").
Conseiller artistique du général Pierre Kœnig commandant en chef en Allemagne (1944-1949), Secrétaire général du Conseil supérieur d'architecture et d'urbanisme en zone française d'occupation en Allemagne (1945-1950), Directeur des Ateliers d'art français (1944-1949). Médaille du IIIe centenaire de la compagnie de Saint-Gobain (1665 - 1965). Bronze, diamètre 53 mm, 112 g.
More on https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_de_Jaeger , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gobain , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Colbert
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