Featured Metal Sculpture ID Help

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  1. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Please help me discover who "J Ford" is. I can't seem to find it myself.

    Smaller figure is 5" tall and larger is 8.5" (13 and 22cm).

    The larger figure stands astride a snake next to a perched bird. Faces on both sides of the head.

    Found at a sale in Portland, Oregon.

    Thanks!

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    Potteryplease, Apr 20, 2025
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    neat !!!
     
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  3. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

    am i right in thinking maybe bronze?,
     
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    possible... I don't know how bronze reacts to an acetalyine torch !
     
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  5. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Is that not painted steel?
     
    Boland, Apr 20, 2025
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  6. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Made by a student who was inspired by Benin work?
     
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  7. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Like my last metal piece, these guys are not magnetic. So I think in most situations, that rules out steel.

    Don't think it's brass, but don't know if it's bronze.
     
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  8. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Perhaps painted stainless?
     
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  9. Potteryplease

    Potteryplease Well-Known Member

    Hopefully these make the color clearer. I'm leaning towards bronze.

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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    looks like a file was used to flatten the rolled legs and snake..
     
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  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    They could be patinated cast brass.
    Keep an eye on the guy with the snake, I think he has a gambling problem.:shifty:

    The smaller one reminds me of a Balinese Legong dancer:

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  12. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Those thunderbolts... So Memphis.

    Debora

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