A collection of six various small animal bronzes late 19th/20th century

comprising: a French dark patinated bronze blotter with an elephant; a French bronze statuette of a hare, on a marble base; a French gilt patinated bronze horse, marble base; a probably German patinated bronze of an eagle on a ruin; a Viennese cold painted bronze inkwell in the form of a feather with a chick chasing a snail; and an Italian Renaissance style bronze and marble inkwell with bulls and satyr masks; inv. nos. 4B-120, 4-1020, 4-2295, 4-2151, MU 7536 and 4-2986 (6)

Paleis Soestdijk

Overall in good condition, stained, some minor damages, rubbing and/or oxidation.
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