French Bronze Urn with Lion Mounts and Floral Festoons
A French bronze urn, 19th century, a bell shaped urn with high set bifurcated scrolling handles with roaring lion mounts, the reeded body with shaped panels enclosing pendant floral festoons, above a knopped and turned stem to a spreading black marble base, height 12.80 in.
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- Bronze - An alloy of copper and tin, traditionally in the proportions of about 9 parts of copper to 1 part of tin.
The discovery of bronze in Western Asia in the 4th century enabled people to create metal objects which were superior to those previoulsy possible because of its strength and hardness, and it has been used throughout the world for weapons, coins, tools, statuary and other decorative items.
It is very fluid in a molten state, and its hardness, strength when set, and non-corrosive properties makes it most suitable for casting sculpture.
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