BK bronze foundry mark

I have a turn of the 20th C Austrian bronze with a foundry mark of BK inside a square box. There are a lot of sold listings that indicate or show this mark, but no one has identified it. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Cris

 

Welcome Cris.
Could you show us a photo of the bronze? And please click on 'full image' when you post it?
The name Kranewitter is a surname but it is also the name of a type of schnaps. A 'Kranewitt' is a juniper, the schnaps is made of juniper berries.

 

Welcome to Antiquers Cris!

 

Welcome Chris.

 

that looks uncomfortable.....nice design......but sore butt city !!....

 

She is beautiful, @Cris Drugan ISA-AM . She has an Art Deco look, but could be later.
It helps to see the object, at least we can rule out Kranewitter schnaps.

Your globe-balancing lady would be by an artist called Kranewitter. The name is native to Austria and Bavaria (southern Germany).
I have not been able to find the artist.
But I found B+K, a company that manufactures and repairs the lining of metallurgical vessels for foundries. They are located in Bocholt, in NW Germany. This may not be the right BK though. Nothing in Austria so far
Many industrial foundries cast bronzes for artists.

 

Is this a genre?



http://www.ebay.com/itm/121865322356

 

Yes it is, like the Art Deco bronze ladies balancing tiptoe on a globe (again).

 

Franz Josef Kranewitter would have been fairly young when art deco was in vogue, but old enough to be sculpting. I imagine this is one of the links Cris found. No photo, but obviously this piece or another like it:

https://www.blouinartsalesindex.com/auctions/Franz-Josef-Kranewitter-2960747/Nude-balancing-on-ball-

Foundries in the area of Vienna now:

https://www.herold.at/gelbe-seiten/wien/gießerei/

 

I can't see a photo, but I assume that is him. And I agree, he would have been old enough for Art Deco, but not for turn of the century, as Cris thought. It is not as detailed as similar pieces of the period.
I found some more info, sorry, in German:
http://www.nassereith.at/Franz_Josef_Kranewitter_-_Bildhauer_und_Maler

But really, don't you love it when a poster wants info from us, but is very skimpy with photos and the info he already has....
Which means I have just decided to leave this thread for what it is and spend my time and energy on those members who "help us to help them" (to quote @komokwa ).

 

As I asked in my post, I simply needed to know if the foundry mark was familiar to anyone. I apologize if the first picture of the artists name and foundry mark on a "20th C bronze" listed in the "Art" forum looked like a schnaps bottle.

 

that's ok, cris....you'll get the hang of it !

we live by the photo and die by the photo......
you've got the item in hand.....we don't.....
so the more shots and info you can provide.....

 

Thanks komokwa!

 

Given the number of Austrian foundries during that time period... it's going to be some heavy slogging through lots of irrelevant docs to find the one relevant one...

Here's where I would start (google ebooks with the search "vienna bronze"): https://www.google.com/search?q=vie...UF62EKHTXLD-oQpwUIIA&biw=933&bih=620&dpr=1.71

 

Thanks #Jivvy

 

So the object is about 4” tall?

 

13"

 

all in all there were over 500 in and in the vicinity of Vienna. what I'd like to know was where are most of those BK bronzes sold ?