An Austrian cold painted bronze study of a woodcock by Franz Xavier Bergman

An Austrian Vienna late 19th century cold painted bronze study of a capercaillie This very realistic Austrian Vienna cold painted bronze study is a very pleasing example and is beau...

An Austrian cold painted bronze study of a drake mallard duck drinking This fine bronze study of drake mallard duck was produced in Austria, circa 1930. It is very well modelled a...

This superb Austrian cold painted bronze study depicts a fox stealthy prowling after some prey. He is in a lowered position to avoid being noticed, highly alert with one ear up and t...

A large and impressive art deco bronze study of an albatross on the wing above a crested wave, by Emile Dautrive circa 1930 This most eye catching and stylish large art deco bronz...

This rare English pewter study depicts a muscular and handsome male lion. It has been produced with good scale and proportion and is well detailed, particularly to the head, mane an...

This superb Japanese Meiji period bronze study has exceptionally good detailing. It portrays a figure group of a large muscular bull elephant being attacked and fighting with two tig...

Austrian cold-painted bronze figure by Franz Xaver Bergman Austrian, Early 20th Century Height 31cm, width 21cm, depth 14cm This intriguing sculpture was made in early 20th century...

FREE SHIPPING Signed Namgreb (Bergman) with Fully Fitted & PAT Tested Electrics From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer this rare Austrian Cold Painted Galleon Lamp...

Big Brown Stallion upon a onyx plinth From our Sculpture collection, we are delighted to offer this Austrian Cold Painted Bronze Horse. The Bronze mounted upon a squared green onyx base with a convex beading border. The horse beautifully cast with naturalistic features modelled as a big brown stallion inclusive of its brown to black hue. The horse stamped to the belly Geschutzt with the registration mark 2740. We firmly attribute the Austrian Bronze to Franz Bergman and date it to the late 19th century circa 1890. 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’ or Bergman and a registration mark. Geschutzt often stamped or printed it is pronounced “guess-shutst.” It is an abbreviation of the term gesetzlich geschutt which is a German phrase that translates as legally protected or in other words copywriter. It bares is a similar meaning to the English word Patented or French Depose...

Large Austrian cold-painted bronze sculpture by Franz Xaver Bergman Austrian, Early 20th Century Height 15cm, width 30cm, depth 15cm Sculpted and made by Franz Xaver Bergman (Austr...

Cold-painted bronze of a camel by Franz Xaver Bergman Austrian, c. 1910 Measures: Height 21cm, width 18cm, depth 7cm This bronze sculpture of a camel and its rider epitomises th...

Franz Xavier Bergman (Austrian, 1861-1926) A cold-painted orientalist bronze depicting an Arab Koran scribe on a rug, Vienna, circa 1880. Geschütz...