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Following the succesful sale of the Bergman cold painted bronze elephant model in
our recent Fine Sale for £6,600 (hammer price) you can imagine my delight when
another Bergman cold painted bronze of a lizard arrived at my desk.
The lizard was painted in greens and yellows with a greyish brown under surface.
Produced in Austria in first quarter of the 20th century by Franz Bergman the leading
founder of the day.it is a fine example of the sculptors work. With its eyes slightly
open and head raised as if greeting the morning air. Its tail curling round
and resting under its head.
To the underside of the lizard there is the usual Bergman vase stamp, with 'Geschutzt'
and it's numbered 4133. From head to tip of the tail it measures 54cm.
The lizard will be included in or Fine Sale on the 7th/8th October.
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Martin McIlroy is the Head of the Works of Art and Silver Departments at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood.
Martin McIlroy was educated at Exeter School in Devon and took a gap year before continuing his education at Teacher Training College. He subsequently worked at The Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter, cataloguing reserve collections before spending seven years working for a local auction room gaining further experience.
He joined the internationally renowned auction house Philips in 1982, where he catalogued sales in Exeter, Cornwall and London for sixteen years. He then joined Bearne's in 2000 to catalogue silver and works of art and subsequently became Head of these deparments.
His favourite subject is bronze sculpture, closely followed by clocks and scientific instruments.
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