Description
Late 19th C. Circa 1880
From our collectables category, we are pleased to offer this charming Austrian cold painted bronze desk tidy of an otter. The tray of square form with an otter to one side perching above the tray simulating the otter looking into water with the repentance of a fish in the base. The tray with multiple uses from a desk tidy to a key dish dating to the late 19th century circa 1880.The Tray is in the manner of Franz Xavier Bergman a renowned Austrian Bronze workshop.
Franz Xavier Bergman (1861-1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry who produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronzes with a range of subjects such as oriental, erotic, and animal figures. He was probably the most famous Austrian bronze foundry who is widely recognised for smaller cold painted bronzes with an extremely good attention to detail. Signed often with a ‘B’, Bergman and/or Namgreb (Bergman Backwards) and often with a registration mark.
Bronze an alloy consisting primarily of copper with approximately 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such as arsenic or silicon depending on the age of the bronze and its origin. The additions of other metals produce a range of alloys that are usually harder than copper alone and carry useful properties such as strength. The earliest known use of bronze dates to the 5th millennium BCE from Iranian plateau, the bronze mix consists of arsenical copper and copper-arsenide. The earliest tin-copper-alloy recovered is dated to circa 4650 BCE and was found in Plocnik, Serbia. It is believed to have been smelted from a natural tin-copper ore.
Cold-painted Bronze refer to sculptures produced in Vienna finished using layers of unfired “dust paint” otherwise known as polychrome paint (multi coloured).
Antique a collectable object such as a piece of furniture or work of art that has a high value because of its age and quality. Objects of this nature are generally considered antique at 100 plus years of age.
Measurements 5.5cm High x 21cm Long x 13cm Wide (2.2 x 8.3 x 5.1 Inches)
Condition Very Good, light wear use in the tray.
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