Antique, 1930's DAV Art N.Y. - Boys cheapest Playing Cello & Concertina Instruments - Spelter Bronze - Rare

Pictured are a (pair) of JB Hirsch - DAV Art N.Y., young lads playing instruments.

They are cold painted spelter bronze.

One boy is playing an accordion or concertina and doing a little dance step at the same time.
The other boy is playing a cello or standing base.
Each of them look like they might be singing too.

Their clothes are 'period' with great boots represented.

They are quite heavy, at a little over 1 pound each.

Measure roughly 7-5/8" and 7 3/4" tall.
The bases measure approximately 3" across.

I've left them dusty...so you can clean them. Collectors like things in their original condition. :)

There is wear and chipping in some areas, primarily the faces, the bodies are in fabulous shape.
Their faces and hair are hand painted.

Each boy had a feather that pointed up off their hats, but both of them have been broken off.
It doesn't take away from their wonderful character.

The JB Hirsch story begins in 1907 with the New York Art Bronze Works (D.A.V NY ART ) in Manhattan's lower east side. The founder of the company, Romanian metalsmith, Joseph B. Hirsch, began importing pieces directly from French foundries. Around that period, foundries with close ties to the talented artists and sculptors of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, began producing their now famous works in “French Bronze.” Some of the finest talent throughout Europe trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, exhibiting their works at the Salon de Artistes and other great Salons in Paris, the center of the art world.
Pieces with DAV ART NY marked on them are from JB Hirsch's early period.
It is NOT a reproduction or exemplar (re-cast from original molds) it is an original time piece cheapest.