Large Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Snipe

Name: Large Austrian Cold-painted Bronze Snipe
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1162082
Availability: SoldOut

1900 - 1920

Sold by Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

Description

A good quality and quite large Austrian “Vienna” cold-painted BRONZE SNIPE (Gallinago gallinago) in excellent original condition with only a couple of very minor paint chips. 14cms (5.5ins) high.

** Snipe (and woodcock) belong to the same order as plovers and sandpipers with a plumage that is deep rust and brown, their backs and sides mottled with blacks and browns. Their long slender bills are designed to find earthworms; the lower bill is filled with nerve endings that help the birds “feel” the worms moving through the soil.

Physical Dimensions

Height

14cm (5.51")

Width

15cm (5.91")

Depth

7.5cm (2.95")

Declaration

Quiet Street Antiques of Bath has dated this piece to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1162082

Dealers Internal Reference

5430/k

Dealers Notes

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Description

A good quality and quite large Austrian “Vienna” cold-painted BRONZE SNIPE (Gallinago gallinago) in excellent original condition with only a couple of very minor paint chips. 14cms (5.5ins) high.

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Snipe (and woodcock) belong to the same order as plovers and sandpipers with a plumage that is deep rust and brown, their backs and sides mottled with blacks and browns.

Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

Their long slender bills are designed to find earthworms; the lower bill is filled with nerve endings that help the birds “feel” the worms moving through the soil.