What is the difference between bronze and spelter?

Bronze is a durable copper and tin alloy with a notable physical weight and a resonant tone when struck. It accepts chemical patination deeply and resists bending under normal conditions. Spelter is a softer zinc alloy commonly used for affordable decorative figures during the late nineteenth century. It feels lighter in the hand, can show microscopic casting flaws more readily, and cracks under stress.

How do I identify Art Deco figures?

Art Deco figures display stylised geometry, sleek lines, and aerodynamic postures inspired by the interwar period of the 1920s and 1930s. Subjects frequently include exotic dancers, athletic women, and streamlined animals. The materials often combine cold-painted metal with ivory resins, onyx bases, or stepped marble plinths. Signatures from artists associated with this movement often appear directly on the base or the lower drapery.

Why are some figures mounted on marble?

Marble and onyx bases provide essential physical stability for top-heavy metallic sculptures, anchoring slender figures securely to a surface. These heavy plinths also frame the composition visually, separating the sculpture from the table or mantelpiece. During the Art Deco period, coloured and geometric stone bases became an integral part of the overall design. The choice of stone often helps date the piece according to prevailing interior design fashions.

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An antique bronzed figurine captures mythological figures, dancers and animals in metal, offering tactile weight and historic character to a desk or mantelpiece.

Antique Franz Bergman Cold Painted Signed Vienna Bronze Magpie Sculpture Bird

1900 - 1920

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Antique Franz Bergman Cold Painted Signed Vienna Bronze Magpie Sculpture Bird

From Bushells Antiques

£4,250

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Large Bronze Sculpture Court Dancer Statue from the Applied Arts School Bien Hoa

1920 - 1940

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Large Bronze Sculpture Court Dancer Statue from the Applied Arts School Bien Hoa

From Artsonline

£445

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Art Nouveau Period French Bronze of a Standing Nude Female

1900 - 1920

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Art Nouveau Period French Bronze of a Standing Nude Female

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£675

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Mercury Messenger to the Gods Bronze Figure.

19th century

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Mercury Messenger to the Gods Bronze Figure.

From Sovereign Antiques Of Nuneaton

£3,750

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19th century

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Antique Italian Silvered Bronze Sculpture Shepherd and Lamb 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£875

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Early 20th Century Cold-painted Bronze Entitled "Running Girl" by Josef Lorenzl

1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Century Cold-painted Bronze Entitled "Running Girl" by Josef Lorenzl

From Hickmet Fine Arts

£2,250

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19th century

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Pair of Bergman Cold Painted Bronzes

From The Silver Cabinet

£1,050

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Art Deco Bronze Stylised Figure of a Woman by Sibylle May

1920 - 1940

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Art Deco Bronze Stylised Figure of a Woman by Sibylle May

From Morgan Strickland Decorative Arts

£2,250

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A Rare Equestrian Bronze Study Showing a Rider and Horse from the Spanish School Vienna

1940 - 1960

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A Rare Equestrian Bronze Study Showing a Rider and Horse from the Spanish School Vienna

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£1,495

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Antique Monumental Italian Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Mercury Hermes 19thc

19th century

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Antique Monumental Italian Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Mercury Hermes 19thc

From Regent Antiques

£2,950

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Listings demonstrate a broad chronological span, featuring nineteenth-century Grand Tour bronzes alongside 1920s Art Deco dancers and Meiji period Japanese mixed-metal okimono.

Bronze Sculpture of a Napoleonic Soldier by E.h. Dumaige, French Circa 1860

19th century

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Bronze Sculpture of a Napoleonic Soldier by E.h. Dumaige, French Circa 1860

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£3,695

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A Pair of Bronze Caricature Figures of Theatrical Birds, Circa 1880

19th century

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A Pair of Bronze Caricature Figures of Theatrical Birds, Circa 1880

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£1,295

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Large Bronze Sculpture 'Maternity' Mother & Child Statue After Antonio Merente

1940 - 1960

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Large Bronze Sculpture 'Maternity' Mother & Child Statue After Antonio Merente

From Artsonline

£785

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19th century

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Large Superb Quality Late 19th Century French Bronze 'Pax Et Labor' by Emile Louis Picault (1833-1915)

From LVS Decorative Arts

£4,200

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Bronze Study of an Egyptian Man and His Donkey by Alfred Dubucand

19th century

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Bronze Study of an Egyptian Man and His Donkey by Alfred Dubucand

From Robert Belcher Antiques

£2,150

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A Wonderful 19thc Bronze of Ajax the Great

19th century

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A Wonderful 19thc Bronze of Ajax the Great

From Marlborough Antiques & Interiors

£650

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Antique Bronzed Figurine

Antique Franz Bergman Cold Painted Signed Vienna Bronze Magpie Sculpture Bird

Large Bronze Sculpture Court Dancer Statue from the Applied Arts School Bien Hoa

Art Nouveau Period French Bronze of a Standing Nude Female

Mercury Messenger to the Gods Bronze Figure.

Antique Italian Silvered Bronze Sculpture Shepherd and Lamb 19th C

Early 20th Century Cold-painted Bronze Entitled "Running Girl" by Josef Lorenzl

Pair of Bergman Cold Painted Bronzes

Art Deco Bronze Stylised Figure of a Woman by Sibylle May

A Rare Equestrian Bronze Study Showing a Rider and Horse from the Spanish School Vienna

Antique Monumental Italian Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture Mercury Hermes 19thc

Bronze Sculpture of a Napoleonic Soldier by E.h. Dumaige, French Circa 1860

A Pair of Bronze Caricature Figures of Theatrical Birds, Circa 1880

Large Bronze Sculpture 'Maternity' Mother & Child Statue After Antonio Merente

Large Superb Quality Late 19th Century French Bronze 'Pax Et Labor' by Emile Louis Picault (1833-1915)

Bronze Study of an Egyptian Man and His Donkey by Alfred Dubucand

A Wonderful 19thc Bronze of Ajax the Great

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