Sculptor - Franz Ziegler
Title - Chow Chow
Sand Cast Bronze
Gorham Co. Foundry
Number QAEA
Dated 1915
3 1/2" height by 4 3/8" length
(9 cm by 11 cm)
Franz F. Ziegler was born in Hamburg, Germany on December 5th 1869, and came to America in 1892 where he first studied under Karl Bitter. In the early 1900s he became a contract artist for the Gorham Company foundry in Providence, Rhode Island until his retirement in 1932. He produced silver designs and bronze sculptures that were sold by Gorham in their store for several years. Little is known about this competent American sculptor. This portrait of a Chow Chow dog is a very well executed bronze sculpture. It is signed and dated 1915, and finished the deep brown patina used by Gorham.
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