Posted 16 days ago
jscott0363
(1022 items)
Hello everyone!!
I love all Vienna bronze pieces and I've been fortunate enough to acquire many throughout the years. My latest find is this cold painted bronze crayfish. Some may refer to this as a crawfish or crawdad. We always called them crawdads. This one is a Franz Bergman piece and has his famous hallmark of the double handled jug, with the letter "B" inside it, on the underside of the tail (pic #4).
As with all Bergman pieces, this one is very finely detailed, very life-like and beautifully hand painted. This one still retains 95% of it's original paint. It's from the 1890's to 1910 period and made in Vienna, Austria. I bought this one in a lot along with some vintage paperweights. So, it was sold to me as a paperweight. This crayfish measures 5" long, 3 3/4" wide and roughly 3/4" tall. I've seen a few bronze crayfish, but they're a very rare encounter.
Thanks very much for taking time to stop in for a look!!!
Scott
Very realistic crayfish, nicely colored & well formed. Makes me dream of warmer days ahead :)
Cool "crawdad"!! We always just called them crabs when we caught them when we were kids! Rob
Jenni,
Thank you!! He is very realistic, as were all of Franz Bergman's pieces.
Rob,
Thanks!! We always called them crawdads. My grandparents had a creek in from of their home and we'd catch them in that creek when we were kids.
Merrill,
prettymollie,
fortapache,
Jenni
and
Rob,
Thank you all very much for the loves, comments and for taking time to drop in!!
This is a very cool piece! In excellent condition for it's age. I used to catch them in a small creek by hand. We also called them crawdads!
i love lobster!!!
DejaVu,
Many thanks!! I spent some time down on the Gulf coast years ago and a friend of mine there had a crawfish boil at his home in Baton Rouge. They were much larger than the crawfish we have here and they tasted incredible!!!!!
Hi SEAN!!'
As do I. This little crayfish is only a smaller fresh water descendent of the lobster, but still quite tasty!!
kev,
DejaVu,
rgrebov,
selena,
Vynil
and
SEAN,
Many thanks to you all for the loves, comments and for taking time to drop in!!
Dave,
Kevin,
Drake
and
kwqd,
Many thanks to you all for the loves and for taking time to drop by!!
Reise,
Bronmar
and
kivatinitz,
Thank you all very much for the loves and for taking time to stop in!!
SEAN,
Thanks very much for the love and for taking time to stop in!!