Show Us Your Hippocampi Statues

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I recently picked up a bronze hippocampus statue, from Venice.

The hippocampi, or cavalli, are symbols of Neptune and grace the sides of gondolas in Venice. They also appear to have inspired the engraving on the back of our beloved watches.

I know that this topic has been discussed a few times before, several years ago:


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But I thought it would be interesting to see how many others actively collect these brass statues, so: Show us your hippocampi statues!

I'll start things off:



(I picked this one up somewhat cheaply but it required a lot of brasso - which is still around! - to clean up)
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One a brass one with a fair bit of patina.
The 2nd a pencil drawing that finally after 12+ years I recently managed to have framed and behind glass.
 
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The 2nd a pencil drawing that finally after 12+ years I recently managed to have framed and behind glass.
Very cool! Do you know anything more about the drawing? I haven't seen one like that before
 
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Very cool! Do you know anything more about the drawing? I haven't seen one like that before
These were done by a member here, a botanist from Costa Rica. A real gentleman.
Here's my copy.

 
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and as this thread is for hippocampusses, here's mine, picked up in Venice by a mate on holiday who knew I was an Omega Seamaster owner.

 
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Totally OT, but here's a link to one of Franco's posts showing his Aqua Terras, one of which is mentioned in his introduction that came with the prints.

 
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and as this thread is for hippocampusses, here's mine, picked up in Venice by a mate on holiday who knew I was an Omega Seamaster owner.

Wow; did you do anything to get this to a mirror finish, or did it come to you like that?

Mine started out in a pretty bad state, like this:

I used quite a lot of brasso, but only got it to a sort of dull lustre
 
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Wow; did you do anything to get this to a mirror finish, or did it come to you like that?
It's like the day I got it. High quality casting, expert polishing and clear laquer finish is what I suspect.

Or maybe it's 18 carat gold 馃槻.

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It's like the day I got it. High quality casting, expert polishing and clear laquer finish is what I suspect.

Or maybe it's 18 carat gold 馃槻.

馃榾
That would be some friend, gifting you that!

And I bet the finish is doing quite a lot; I'll think about (carefully) adding one to mine