LORENZL GENUINE CIRCA 1930 ART DECO FIGURINE MADE IN AUSTRIA AND EDITED IN VIENNA BY THE ANR FOUNDRY IT HAS THE LORENZL SIGNATURE CAST INTO THE PLINTH THIS IS KNOWN AS THE STRIKE LIGHT EDITION ITS MADE OF A METAL KNOWN AS SPELTER THEN COLD PAINTED IN A BRONZE COLOR PAINT TOO GIVE THAT BRONZE LOOK THIS NUDE LADY STANDS ON A PLINTH AND LEANS BACK IN A CLASSIC ART DECO POSE AGAINST A BLOCK CHAMBER WICH HAS A SCREW TOP WICH IN THE 1930,S THEY USED TOO FILL WITH A FLAMEABLE LIQUID SUCH AS LIGHTER FUEL AND YOU UNSCREW THE LITTLE TOP WICH HAS A STICK ATTACHED TOO IT THAT WOULD BE SOAKED WITH THE LIGHTER FUEL THEN YOU STRUCK IT ALONG A GROOVE ON THE PLINTH WICH IN TURN IGNITED THE STICK FOR YOU TOO LITE UP YOURE CIGARETTE THE HEIGHT OF THE FIGURINE IS APPROX 21CM, JOSEPH LORENZL WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA IN 1892 AND DIED IN 1950 HE WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN ART DECO SCULPTORS OF HIS TIME THIS FIGURINE IS IN FAIR TOO GOOD CONDITION THE COLOR AND PAINT HAS WORN IN PLACES OVER THE YEARS AND HAS MARKS AND SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE BUT IS STILL VERY BEAUTIFUL DONT FORGET THAT IT IS 80 YEARS OLD NOW SO WONT BE IN MINT CONDITION ANYWAY DECIDE FOR YOURSELVES IVE UPLOADED 9 PICS FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN TAKING A LOOK AND IVE DESCRIBED IT AS HONEST AS I CAN FEEL FREE TOO ASK ANY QUESTIONS & THANKS FOR LOOKING
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