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A PATINATED BRONZE VIDE-POCHE
CAST FROM A MODEL BY GURSCHNER, CIRCA 1900
of oval form, modelled as head of Art Nouveau maiden, her flowing hair forming a dish mounted with a horseshoe, signed in the bronze 'Gurschner Wien'
3 1/4in. (8.5cm.) high, 8 1/2in. (21.5cm.) deep, 5 1/2in. (13.8cm.) at widest point
CAST FROM A MODEL BY GURSCHNER, CIRCA 1900
of oval form, modelled as head of Art Nouveau maiden, her flowing hair forming a dish mounted with a horseshoe, signed in the bronze 'Gurschner Wien'
3 1/4in. (8.5cm.) high, 8 1/2in. (21.5cm.) deep, 5 1/2in. (13.8cm.) at widest point
Literature
C.f. Alastair Duncan, Paris Salons 1895-1914, Objets D'art and Metalware, Antique Collectors' Club, Suffolk, 1999, vol.v, p.305 for illustration of similar example without horseshoe element.