Are all bronze figures actually solid bronze?

No. Spelter is named in 18 of the titles on Sellingantiques and bronzed finishes in 13, with brass and copper alloy also appearing. Spelter is a zinc alloy cast to look like bronze; bronzed means a bronze-coloured surface over another metal. Solid bronze and gilt bronze hold the upper end of the range. The metal named in the title is the plainest guide to where a figure sits.

Why do so many listings just say 19th century?

Because it's the bracket dealers reach for when a piece carries no date. Of 330 listings, 108 give '19th Century' as the period, and 17 give 'Victorian', which is a label rather than a year. Where decades are recorded they gather between the 1870s and the 1930s, with the 1900s, 1920s and 1890s the fullest. The dated field as a whole runs 1800 to 1960.

What are Grand Tour bronzes?

Souvenir reductions of famous antique statues, sold to travellers in Italy. They appear in 21 titles and stay close to a fixed repertoire. Medici portraits, the Borghese Gladiator, Spinario, Narcissus, the Dying Gaul and the Drunken Faun of Pompeii come round again and again, often catalogued 'after the antique'.

How common are signed bronzes?

Uncommon. 'Signed' appears in 9 titles out of 330, and 'after' in 12, which points to a borrowed model rather than an original hand. Most of the lower and middle range is catalogued simply as a bronze figure with no name attached. Where a sculptor or foundry is recorded, it lifts the piece.

Do these turn up as pairs?

Often enough that it's a habit of the category rather than a curiosity. 'Pair' occurs in 40 titles. Matched lions, temple lions, Marley horses, putti, muses and personified seasons all recur. An intact pair sits above a comparable single.

What Asian figures appear in this category?

Roughly a fifth of the category is Asian. Japanese work leads, with 16 titles naming it and 11 carrying the Meiji label, alongside okimono and animal subjects. Buddha figures appear in 13 titles, and Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, Thai, Indian and Javanese pieces run through the samples. Large Japanese and Sino-Tibetan work holds the very top of the sampled range.

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A cast metal figure made for a mantelpiece, desk or hall table, usually a single 19th-century subject standing on a plinth or a stone base.

Magnificent Antique Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Dish - Monkey Racing a Greyhound C.1900

1900 - 1920

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Magnificent Antique Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Dish - Monkey Racing a Greyhound C.1900

From Puckerings

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19th century

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A Charming Fine Quality Late 19th Century Bronze Bust of Young Child of Small Proportions

From LVS Decorative Arts

£425

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Louis Ernest Barrias 1841-1905 Diana the Huntress Bronze Sculpture

19th century

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Louis Ernest Barrias 1841-1905 Diana the Huntress Bronze Sculpture

From Timberhill Gallery

£5,500

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19th century

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Bronze Wrestlers

From Carlton House Antiques

£475

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19th century

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Bronze of Narcissus

From Carlton House Antiques

£2,750

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19th century

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Dancing Faun

From Carlton House Antiques

£2,500

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19th century

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19th Century Bronze Seated Putti on Inlaid Wood Base, C 1870

From Curious Antiques

£1,895

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C19th French Onyx Marble and Ormolu Bronze Ink-stand.

19th century

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C19th French Onyx Marble and Ormolu Bronze Ink-stand.

From M Lees and Sons

£700

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C19th Italian Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Statue of Lorenzo De Medici.

19th century

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C19th Italian Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Statue of Lorenzo De Medici.

From M Lees and Sons

£800

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Large Burmese Bronze/mirrored Temple Lion, C 1820

19th century

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Large Burmese Bronze/mirrored Temple Lion, C 1820

From Curious Antiques

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The oldest to pass through Sellingantiques include 16th and 17th century Javanese and Ayutthaya figures, and an Egyptian piece catalogued 'Before 1700'.

19th century

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19th Century Japanese Bronze

From Ballinderry Antiques

£390

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Circa 1865 Rare Bronze Model Entitled Sparrow on Branch Marked F.(ferdinand) Pautrot, Well Known French Sculptor.

19th century

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Circa 1865 Rare Bronze Model Entitled Sparrow on Branch Marked F.(ferdinand) Pautrot, Well Known French Sculptor.

From Serpentine Antiques

£995

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Antique Bronze Figures

Magnificent Antique Cold Painted Vienna Bronze Dish - Monkey Racing a Greyhound C.1900

A Charming Fine Quality Late 19th Century Bronze Bust of Young Child of Small Proportions

Louis Ernest Barrias 1841-1905 Diana the Huntress Bronze Sculpture

Bronze Wrestlers

Bronze of Narcissus

Dancing Faun

19th Century Bronze Seated Putti on Inlaid Wood Base, C 1870

C19th French Onyx Marble and Ormolu Bronze Ink-stand.

C19th Italian Bronze 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Statue of Lorenzo De Medici.

Large Burmese Bronze/mirrored Temple Lion, C 1820

19th Century Japanese Bronze

Circa 1865 Rare Bronze Model Entitled Sparrow on Branch Marked F.(ferdinand) Pautrot, Well Known French Sculptor.

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