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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lecollectionneur, post: 403254, member: 8569&quot;]Sorry, it seems not clear why I make this post, it&#039;s to speak of what is called in german Eisen-Giesserei, not so clearly named in other countries, in english it&#039;s cast iron, and not for commercial action too(I read the word Ebay in the posts).<img src="http://www.lecollectionneur.ch/_Media/eisen-giesserei_med_hr.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>In US too they were a lot of things made of cast iron, from statuary to small items for everyday use, I know only a little about that for example and search pictures, books and people who can write about that, were they are made etc….</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I look not especially jewellery, most items in my collection are paperweights, fidibus holders, match holders-strikers, fidibus is the french name for a piece of paper rolled to take fire for smoking pipe, long time before the cigarette or cigare smoking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the two humans items are not really precisely &quot;pyrogènes&quot; but holders for fidibus(and more difficult word to translate for me…), not for striking matches, the difference is fine but if we want to be very precise, it has to be said, a &quot;pyrogène&quot; can be chemical or electric without matches too, I have some but in bronze and more from the end of the 19th century-beginning of the 20th.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two human castings are certainly french casting, they are what&#039;s called in french &quot;gueux&quot; or &quot;chifonniers&quot;, the origin comes from napoleonic wars, to make some social action they were a lot of statuary made using the image of poverty after the war, I have about 20 subjects in different materials using this propaganda against war and their consequences but it&#039;s an another subject of interest for me. ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>You have certainly noticed that writing in english is not easy for me especially about so specialised subject, then if I make errors, please explain me what is the right wording, when I don&#039;t know a word, I&#039;m using the free translator Reverso then if you know a better one too.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be more precise, here are examples in pictures of what interest me, about those subjects i have documentation, dates, manufacturers etc…</p><p>The soldier is the russian cast iron you can found later cast in bronze, the iron one was made about 1880-90, I have a Bogatyr from the same period, the casting hallmarks are the next picture.</p><p><img src="http://www.lecollectionneur.ch/_Media/_dsc5129.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.lecollectionneur.ch/_Media/dsc01741.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The most detailed european pieces are certainly from Berlin in the 1800-1840 period(began in 1770&#039;s but I have no examples from that time) and after Germany and Russia in general, Seebass is my favourite, a lot of smokers items like the match holder-striker(about 6 centimeters high-ca. 1880) on the next picture comes probably from Germany most than France looking at the quality of fine details, for me it&#039;s a good way to know where it was made.</p><p>If you know for example where I can see detailed pictures of US cast iron, or books on that subject I&#039;m interested too.</p><p>They are certainly museums we can virtually visit now, or they have their archives on the web, but it&#039;s difficult for me to find them on the thausends of websites about antiques.</p><p><img src="http://www.lecollectionneur.ch/_Media/dsc07663.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.lecollectionneur.ch/_Media/dsc07664.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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