ANTIQUE SPORTING SCULPTURE PG 2  
 


Giacomo (Jacques) Merculiano , (Italian,1859-1935) "English Setter on point"
Lost wax bronze cast signed and with LE BLANC BARBEDIENNE et Fils Foundry Seal Paris.

Dimensions: 19inches in length by 10&1/4 inches in height by 5 inches in depth
Czech, Circa 1940"Auto Praga"lead
Dimensions: 5&3/4in long
 
Paul Edouard Delabrierre (French, 1829-1912) signed, golden brown patinaed bronze
Dimensions: 20inches high X 18inches long X 7 inches deep
   
   
     
       
 
R.Rotter (Czech early 20th century) Carved wood sports sculpture of a female archer circa 1935.
Dimensions: Total height 25 inches by 22 inches in length
Jan Vitezslav Dusek (Czech 1891-1966) 'Sokol Athlete." Historically important bronze sculpture.  Signed, dated 1924, and with the city of Tabor inscribed, also baring the foundry marks for Franta Anyz. This sculpture commemorates the Sokol athletic meeting of 1924 in the city of Tabor, Dusek's home town and where he built his studio in 1922.  Sokol is the Czech word for Falcon, thus the present bronze showing an athlete about to soar from the top step of a podium. Dusek, the cities favourite son, created this sculpture for the event. Sokol played an important part in the development of Czech Nationalism providing a forum for the spread of mass-based nationalist ideologies and was founded in 1862. The Sokol movement consciously traced its roots in physical education to the athletes and warriors of ancient Greece.
Dimensions: Total height 41inches  by 32 inches in width
 
   
     
       
Franz Siefert (Austrian 1866-1951) “The Counter Punch” Bronze sculpture on marble base, 1921
Dimensions. Height 16&3/4 inches.
   
     
     
Marcel Bouraine (French1886-1948), "Shot-putter " signed bronze, .foundry seal for Auguste Gouge, Paris, Cire Perdu
Dimensions: 32 inches high by 24 inches long by 17 & 3/4 inches wide
 
 
   
     
     

Max Kruse (German, 1854 -1942) "Olympic Marathon Runner" unsigned, Gladenbeck Foundry Seal, bronze
Dimensions: 21 inches high, by 16 inches wide
Vienna Bronze nude weighlifter (Circa 1900), unsigned bronze
Dimensions: bronze 6 &1/2 inches high, total with marble base 8 inches high
R.Grossauer (Austrian 1920's)" Discus launcher" Bronze sculpture signed and dated 1923
Dimensions: Total height 18&1/2 inches, height of marble base alone 4 inches
   
Max Kruse (German 1854-1942) "Messenger of the Marathon" Signed bronze, also titled Nenikhkamen, foundry marks for Gladenbeck Foundry Berlin (Early example circa 1885)
Dimensions: Height 22 inches 15 inches in width
   
     
     
Max Drah (Austrian 1879-?) "The Horse Tamer" Signed bronze sculpture circa 1920, with small plaque for C.G.Hallberg of Stockholm on the marble base.
Dimensions: Total height 18&1/2 inches, height of marble alone 2&1/2 inches.

   


 
         
     
Carl Maria Schwerdtner (Germany1874-?) "Backhand" signed, bronze
Tennis player Circa 1925 numbered 4.
Dimensions 11&1/4 inches high
 
     
     
Josef Bilek (Czech 1896-?) "Shotputter"Signed bronze, circa 1930
Dimensions: Total height 16 inches, height of marble base alone 1&1/2 inches
 
     



 
Ladislav Saloun (Czech 1870-1946) Unsigned bronze hood ornament of runner with laurel wreath on marble base, circa 1930
Dimensions:Length 7 inches
 
   
   
   
   
Adolf Wagner (German, 1884-1962) " Goal-Keeper", signed, bronze Dimensions: 17 & 1/2 inches high