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Gorham Manufacturing Company's Works. Canal, Steeple, and North Main Streets, Providence, 1886. Gorham Silver was founded in 1831 in Providence, Rhode Island by Jabez Gorham, [3] a master craftsman, in partnership with Henry L. Webster. [4]
Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck was a foundry located in Berlin, Germany, that operated from 1851 until 1926. During the 75-year period when the foundry was in operation it was one of the most important foundries in Germany and was known for producing high quality bronze castings. [1]
In 1838 he went into partnership with Achille Collas (1795-1859), who had just invented a machine to create miniature bronze replicas of statues. Together they started a business selling miniatures of antique statues from museums all over Europe, thus democratising art and making it more accessible to households. [ 2 ]
Roman Bronze Works, now operated as Roman Bronze Studios, is a bronze foundry in New York City. Established in 1897 by Riccardo Bertelli, it was the first American foundry to specialize in the lost-wax casting method, [ 1 ] and was the country's pre-eminent art foundry during the American Renaissance (ca. 1876–1917).
Gilt-bronze doors of the Baptistry of Florence Cathedral (Lorenzo Ghiberti, 1401–22). 9th-century bronze vessel in form of a snail shell excavated in Igbo-Ukwu,(part of igbo tribe in Nigeria). Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze".
These were commonly painted to imitate bronze. [ 2 ] The entrepreneurial founder, Joseph Winn Fiske (May 22, 1832 — October 20, 1903 [ 3 ] ) out-sourced the iron and zinc-alloy foundry-work itself, [ 4 ] and concentrated on the firm's connections with modellers on the one hand and customer relations on the other.
These marks were used to disguise his identity on erotic works. His father, Franz Bergmann (September 26, 1838 – 1894), [1] was a professional chaser from Gablonz who came to Vienna and founded a small bronze factory in 1860. Franz Xavier Bergmann inherited the company and opened a new foundry in 1900.
Fonderie Nationale des Bronzes (established as J. Petermann fondeur Bruxelles [1]) was a 19th– and 20th–century artistic studio and foundry in Brussels, Belgium, that specialized in bronze sculptures. [2] It became known for casting the works of Auguste Rodin, [3] Rembrandt Bugatti, [4] Paul Delvaux, [5] and many others.