Walter Bosse Mid 20th Century Modern Brass Mermaid Table Bell

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This delightful mid-century modernist table bell features a stylized mermaid figure in solid brass — a whimsical and collectible piece … Read more This delightful mid-century modernist table bell features a stylized mermaid figure in solid brass — a whimsical and collectible piece attributed to Walter Bosse, the celebrated Viennese artist and designer whose playful “Black Golden” brass works helped define Austrian decorative art in the 1950s and ’60s. Born in Vienna in 1904, Bosse trained at the prestigious Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule and went on to a prolific career as a ceramist, metalworker, and designer of ceramics and brass objects, ultimately gaining international acclaim for his humorous, organic figurines produced in collaboration with the Herta Baller workshop.

Handcrafted using the traditional lost-wax casting process, the mermaid emerges in beautifully fluid, modernist form from a solid brass bell base. Once cast and refined, Bosse’s pieces underwent a deliberate patination process and then select areas of the surface were artfully polished, removing portions of the darkened finish to reveal the warm, lustrous brass beneath.

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