Jean de Roncourt's Athletic Spear-Thrower Sculpture
You must be a subscriber, and be logged in to view price and dealer details.
Subscribe Now to view actual auction price for this item
When you subscribe, you have the option of setting the currency in which to display prices to $Au, $US, $NZ or Stg.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Spelter - Spelter was the name given to an alloy of zinc and brass or copper used in the 19th century for statuary and lighting. It is a brittle bluish-white metal. It was used as a cheap replacement for bronze, but being brittle easily breaks and can't be repaired. When finished it can often be mistaken for bronze, but if discreet a scratch on the base displays shows a greyish colour, the metal is spelter, if a golden colour the metal is most likely bronze.
This item has been included into following indexes:
Visually similar items
A French Art Deco bronzed statuette of an archer, modelled kneeling with stretched bow of simulated ivory raised before him, supported on a rectangular black marble plinth base. Width 55 cm, height 51 cm
A large classical bronze sculpture of 'The Discus Thrower', modelled naked with right arm raised holding, discus, oval base, good variable dark patina. Height 64.5 cm
A Josef Lorenzl Art Deco patinated bronze and ivory figure stamped Lorenzl, circa 1920 cast as a chorus girl on stepped onyx base some wear to face, loss to one finger, 31 cm high
BARBARA McLEAN (b. 1944), Balancing Act, Bronze, signed B. McLean and dated 1990, editioned 4/12, 47 cm, The Melbourne-based sculptor Barbara McLean trained at Prahran Technical College between 1979 and 1984. From quite early in her training McLean wished