Compagnie des Bronzes
Foundation date: 1854
Dissolution date: 1979
Function: Bronze founder, bronze foundry
Policy: '...manufacturers of artistic bronze statuary. Statuettes for drawing rooms, lighting and general interior & exterior decorations.' (1914)
'Bronzes d'Art, d'Ameublement, et d'Eclairage, bronze monumental, fonte à cire perdue. Appareils & Installations Électriques'
History or description: The company archives are in the Archives Générales du Royaume, Brussels. After the bankruptcy of the company in 1979, the Halle des Tourneurs was rescued and turned into an industrial museum. (http://www.lafonderie.be/ accessed 10 December 2010)
Locations
Foundry located at Halle des Tourneurs 27 Rue Ransfort Brussels | View on map
Studio and foundry located at this address
Office located at 28 Rue d'Assaut Brussels | View on map
1914
Also a shop at this address
Office located at 134 Cheapside London EC | View on map
1914
London office
Institutional and Business Connections
Represented by Arthur Guttridge & Co.,
1914 (Circa)
Arthur Guttridge operated their London office
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1914 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
'Bronze Founders'
Citing this record
'Compagnie des Bronzes', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=ann_1292078086, accessed 05 Oct 2023]
