By Froment-Meurice

By Froment-Meurice, a late-19th century French silver presentation statue,

signed,

modelled as a classical maiden with one hand raised, on a raised circular base with garlands, foliate decoration, and allied with a cartouche with an enamel badge and inscribed ' Duc D' Aumale A SIR Frederick Bramwell Souvenir Affectueux et Reconnaisant, Moncorvo House 28 Mai 1887, on a green hardstone base, height 31.3cm.

Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell, 1st Baronet FRS FRSA (17 March 1818 - 30 November 1903) was a British civil and mechanical engineer, becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873, and serving as President. After studying engineering and propulsion, he constructed a locomotive for the Stockton and Darlington railway in 1843.