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Vienna Bronze Boxer
This is the fourth boxing piece in a row I picked recently.....I got a boxing clock too but no photo, post later... www.SportsAntiques.com Anyways....this little 4" tall boxer is what's referred to as a Vienna Bronze...usually they're painted, occasionally not...Vienna Bronzes were made in Vienna Austria from about the 1880's to as late as the 1930's I believe, Typically they're between 1" and 4" tall, usually very finely hand painted, and came in a myriad of subjects...often fanciful girly themes of animals, kittens and such...some were risqué...Arab/Oriental ones were popular....and a very slight few sports ones were produced. And yes there is a baseball one that goes for big bucks and is extremely rare...that's what I use for my thumbnail photo!. From what I can cull...They caught on in popularity and were exported around the world...typically sold in jewelry and gift stores I think. If you go to my website above you can read more about the boxing ones as I have it featured at the top my home page. Also I've written two other short features on them, links below See the baseball one this link http://www.sportsantiques.com/viennabbbronze.htm See a tennis one this link http://www.sportsantiques.com/ViennaTen.htm See a soccer one at very bottom this link http://sportsantiques.com/latestacquistions.htm
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