A cold painted bronze attributed to Franz Xavier Bergman, c.1900, of a sparrow perched upon a gnarled tree trunk, the trunk forms a holder for a vase centerpiece, absent and replaced with a scent bottle. The bronze marked: Geschützt. (Cf. http://tinyurl.com/kz226df for a similar example of the bird marked with Bergman's initials). The sculpture raised on a rough-hewn square granite plinth. 18 cm x 16 cm x 17 cm