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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 214133, member: 25&quot;]19th C French bronzes were so often of animals that the term &#039;animalier bronzes&#039; entered the trade lexicon.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://bronze-gallery.com/info/info.cfm?infoID=9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bronze-gallery.com/info/info.cfm?infoID=9" rel="nofollow">http://bronze-gallery.com/info/info.cfm?infoID=9</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalier" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalier" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalier</a></p><p><br /></p><p>THe name sounds wierd. A mixture of French and German and not like a real name at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen French items attributed to Aine (Senior) Fills&nbsp; (son) and Brevete (patent) not to mention Aguilles (Hands) and I am wondering if the last few letters are an abbreviation added to the Mougin name that would make sense in French.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, it could quite possibly be a modern copy in the French style with a vaguely deceptive name chosen by a Chinese factory to whom it would not sound so odd.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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