French Agricultural Prize Plaque 1935 Boars Bronze Concours Moulins 10112625

French Agricultural Prize Plaque

Awarded at the 1935 Concours de Moulins, this French agricultural prize plaque was given by the Societe Departementale d Agriculture de l Allier to a breeder of purebred French boars -- verrats, as they are called in French -- competing in the second category of reproducing animals. It earned third prize, the 3e Prix, in a regional livestock competition that brought together the farming community of the Allier department in central France. Cast in bronze and finished in deep green paint with raised gilt lettering, it is a confident piece of French country institutional craft from the interwar years.

The plaque reads in full: Societe Deple d Agricre de l Allier / 1935 / Concours de Moulins / Animaux Reproducteurs / Verrats Races Francaises Pures / 2e Categorie / 3e Prix. The oval form is framed by an ornate cast border with scrollwork corners and a small hanging loop at the top -- designed from the outset to be displayed with pride in a farmhouse or barn. Today it makes a graphic and historically grounded addition to a collection of French rural memorabilia, a study wall, or a farmhouse-style interior alongside vintage tools, pottery and agricultural ephemera.

Condition and patina consistent with age. The green paint shows natural wear and light surface oxidation across the bronze, lending the piece an honest, well-worn character entirely in keeping with its age and origin.

Approx. 10.6 in wide x 6.1 in high (27 x 15.5 cm).

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