Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
A RUSSIAN BRONZE MODEL OF A RETRIEVER
Lot 39 THE PROPERTY OF THE COUNTLY FAMILY LEDEBUR-WICHELN

A RUSSIAN BRONZE MODEL OF A RETRIEVER

CAST BY THE WOERFFEL FOUNDRY FROM A MODEL BY NIKOLAI IVANOVICH LIBERICH (1828-1883), ST PETERSBURG, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 December 2010

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EUR 5,000

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A RUSSIAN BRONZE MODEL OF A RETRIEVER
CAST BY THE WOERFFEL FOUNDRY FROM A MODEL BY NIKOLAI IVANOVICH LIBERICH (1828-1883), ST PETERSBURG, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The dog depicted carrying a snipe in its mouth, the separately cast naturalistic base signed LIEBERICH. and with foundry inscription FABR. C.F. WOERFFEL ST. PETERSBOURG.
23.7 cm. high (including base)

Specialist note

It is very difficult to identify the dog breed of the present model, a possibility is the Hungarian Viszla. The Viszla is a fine all-round pointer-retriever breed.