An Austrian cold-painted bronze model of a Budgerigar on a tree stump table lighter.
The tree stump houses a striking flint lighter stick and a strike strip.
On a red marble base.
In the manner of Franz Bergmann.
Unmarked.
Circa 1900
Height : 18c
Franz Bergmann (1861-1936) was the owner of a Viennese foundry that produced numerous patinated and cold-painted bronze animal figures.
'Cold-painted bronze' refers to pieces cast in Vienna and then decorated in several layers with so-called dust paint.