Vintage Dav-Art-New York Cast Bronze and Cut Crystal Epergne
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A marvelous Mid-Century hard to find piece! This is a vintage DAV-ART-NEW YORK cast bronze and cut crystal epergne. The … more A marvelous Mid-Century hard to find piece! This is a vintage DAV-ART-NEW YORK cast bronze and cut crystal epergne. The object is cast in one piece, and it seems to represent an acanthus (?) plant with four staggered stems rising above the bushy base and topped by four beautifully hand cut crystal bowls. The finish on the piece is ivory with gilt highlights. The piece is in pristine shape and obviously never utilized in its life. The crystal bowls still have the original sticker which read: “Genuine lead crystal hand cut in West Germany”. History (from online info):”The saga of the century‑old French molds that went underground to escape World War II destruction reads more like a scenario for a motion picture thriller than a chapter in the history of art.It all began in Paris in the second half of the 19th Century. A group of highly talented artists, trained at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts, developed a distinctive style that epitomized the classical grandeur rooted in ancient Greece and Rome. French foundries began their now famous works in “French Bronze.” Around the turn of the century the Beaux Art style was followed in popularity by the Art Nouveau and Art Deco, which were also cast in “French Bronze” by the same foundries.One of the customers for these “French Bronzes” was the New York Art Bronze Works, later to become J.B. Hirsch Co., founded in 1907 by Roumanian emigre Joseph B. Hirsch. Hirsch and a few employees worked in a factory on New York’s Lower East Side, producing ash trays, bookends, electroliers, and the newel‑post lamps used at the foot of staircase bannisters in brownstone houses.During World War II the French foundries could make no more statues. To prevent their destruction, the moulds were buried under factory floors and house cellars, the parts scrambled to ensure they would not be exploited in the event they were discovered.Most French foundries did not resume business after peace was declared and the molds remained buried. They might still be hidden if Abraham Hirsch had not heard of their existence. His trips to France to purchase the moulds turned into archaeological expeditions that yielded over two hundred subjects. From 1948 through 1963, through a combination of prior knowledge, detective work and digging, they acquired the moulds of fifteen French foundries. Putting together this jigsaw puzzle of scrambled parts turned out to be almost as difficult as locating and acquiring them and it is an ongoing project at J.B. Hirsch Co. There are still hundreds of moulds to be assembled, a task which will take many years to accomplish. It is especially noteworthy that on the eve of the 75th Anniversary of the J.B. Hirsch Co. the Collection Francaise was exhibited at the Paris Lighting Exhibition in January, 1981″. less
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