ANTIQUE GORGEOUS THUSS / BERGMAN AUSTRIAN BRONZE PHEASANT. Signed

Description

Richard Thuss born in Nuremberg, studied in Vienna, Munich and Nuremberg. Late in life (after 1930) he lived in Cincinnati until his death in 1945. From 1918 to 1930 Thuss was the chief sculptor for the Bergman Foundry and executed many of the highly prized sculptures that are signed Nam-Greb, Thuss, or with a B within an urn design (those that were not designed by Franz the elder).
About 11" long x 4 1/2" tall
Signed Thuss  and Argentor seal