SCARCE BRONZE PLAQUE BY BARGAS. A good late 19th Century bronze plaque by Armand Bargas (1854-1921). The portrait (in profile) depicting Tsar Alexander III is signed: A Bargas on the lower edge. The plaque reads: Alexandre III Empereur de Toutes les Russies - Ne le 10 Mars 1845, Mort le 1 Novembre 1894.