At the end of the 16th century in Nuremberg at the foundry of Benedikt Wurzelbauer (1548 to 1620) and his son Johann (<sd> 1656), fountains and statuettes were cast. From one fountain and nine statuettes the alloy was analyzed. They used a very homogeneous alloy. A brass rich in zinc, with a high content of lead. This alloy can be distinguished from earlier products of foundries at Nuremberg by the amount of minor and trace elements. Products of the Wurzelbauer-foundry can be accurately distinguished by an analysis of the metal from bronze items from contemporary foundries at Munich and Augsburg.