Bon pour une danse - Bal Maison Lassaigne - Paris [75] ND front Bon pour une danse - Bal Maison Lassaigne - Paris [75] ND back
Bon pour une danse - Bal Maison Lassaigne - Paris [75] ND photo
© Maurice RICOU

Bon pour une danse - Bal Maison Lassaigne - Paris [75] ND

 
Brass - 25 mm
Description
Location
France
Type
Amusement tokens › Dance tokens
Composition
Brass
Diameter
25 mm
Shape
Scalloped (with 14 notches)
Technique
Milled
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#333181
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: BON POUR UNE DANSE

Edge

Plain

Comment

Ball in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Three owners succeeded one another at this address, each minting tokens in their own name. In January 1913, the Chambon couple took over a former drinking establishment and set up a bal musette. The 1914 war interrupted the establishment's success. The owner was mobilized in Champagne and killed in a battle. After the war, the widow remarried Léon Lassaigne , who took over the business, consolidating the position acquired by Chambon in the busy Rue de Lappe, where competition from balls was fierce. In 1926, Félix Roussel took over the business, but sold it three years later to the Carcanague ball, which wanted to expand.