LOT 23

A fine bronze bust of Sir Henry Royce by Roman Bronze Works of New York, circa 1930,

Sold for £3,315 inc. premium

Lot 23

A fine bronze bust of Sir Henry Royce by Roman Bronze Works of New York, circa 1930,

The Bond Street Sale: Important Collectors' Motor Cars - Motor Cars on display at Classic Car Storage (Petersfield) Automobilia on display at Bonhams Guildford|16 December 2020, 17:00 GMT|London, New Bond Street

A fine bronze bust of Sir Henry Royce by Roman Bronze Works of New York, circa 1930,

hollow cast on integral cast pedestal base, 56cm high.

Footnotes

Roman Bronze Works was a bronze foundry in New York City. Established in 1897 by Riccardo Bertelli, it was the first American foundry to specialise in the lost-wax casting method and was the country's pre-eminent art foundry during the American Renaissance (ca. 1876-1917). Long a sub-contractor to Louis Comfort Tiffany's Tiffany Studios, the foundry moved in 1927 to Tiffany's red brick factory in Corona, Queens, New York. The foundry's mould makers, casters, chasers & finishers, and patinaters cast sculptures from plaster and terracotta models provided by sculptors. They also scaled down monumental and other finished works for editions of collectors' bronzes, allowing works by great artists to ornament a private library or drawing room.

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