Posted 8 years ago
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This lamp has a pixie figure with 1 hand missing.
Most of the pixie lamps I've seen have metal
hands so wondering if this is from a different maker?
The pixie is standing on a green marble base and a I
think a brass base is below that. Last picture is of the bottom.
I don't see any markings but may not be looking in the right place.
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
I have seen them with celluloid hands and face , and they were attributed to J. B. Hirsch Gerdago. Phil will know if he stops in today . Very nice post
Manikin is right, but not Gerdago. The figure also came with a millefiori shade that was balanced on leg. The figure is "Danseuse Des Indies" by Ignacio Gallo. The attribution was by the H. B. Hirsch foundry and is also pictured in The Abage Encyclopedia of Bronzes by Peter Berman. The Hirsch foundry also owned the original moulds for their statues, which they dug up after the second world war. These pieces are from the original 1927 molds but were made in the 60's to 1980 when they stopped producing them. These came only with metal face and hands I believe, not celluloid hands. I have more than several of the figures.
The JB Hirsch story begins in 1907 with the New York Art Bronze Works (D.A.V NY ART ) in Manhattan’s lower east side. The founder of the company, Romanian metalsmith, Joseph B. Hirsch, began importing pieces directly from French foundries. Around that period, foundries with close ties to the talented artists and sculptors of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, began producing their now famous works in “French Bronze.” Some of the finest talent throughout Europe trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, exhibiting their works at the Salon de Artistes and other great Salons in Paris, the center of the art world. If your pixie has the D.A.V NY ART mark on it, it is from J B Hirsch's early period. It is NOT a reproduction or exemplar (re-cast from original molds) it is an original piece.