An Austrian cold painted bronze group of 3 blue Budgerigars perched on branches. The group is on a green onyx base. Very well modelled and cast showing fine detail. In excellent original condition. One very slight bend in the tail of one of the birds but this is shown in the photographs. Made c 1910. Unsigned. The tradition of Vienna Bronze can be traced to the middle of the 19th century. Around 50 manufacturers resided in Vienna at the turn of the century, as small Austrian bronze sculpture with its fine detail enjoyed great popularity.In the late 19th Century a number of Austrian bronze foundries situated in Vienna and the Austrian-Bohemian border began to specialise in the technique of ‘cold painted’ processes. This naturalistic finish was created by painting the raw bronze with several layers of special and secretive enamel colours called ‘dust paints’, which resulted in fine life like studies of the various models and sculptures. This process was often applied when the ...