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Collections > Wood Carving
Over 700 architectural carvings including rare altar pieces.
Statue
Small squatting figure with right hand on knee and left hand on head. Size: Height: 5 cm. (Approx.). view details
Figure: Mermaid in the form of a Scroll.
She is carved in walnut, her tail looped in a circle, her arms and shoulders replaced by a scroll. Though a suitable shape for a handle there are no signs of fixings.... view details
Relief: Console bracket
Console ornament from architectural panelling, fireplace, to piece of furniture, carved with a tragic satyr mask. The head shows closed eyes and open, crying mouth.... view details
Wooden Boxes
Carved into two slippers. Each carved with decorative patterns, and each with a lid. Length: 6.7 cm view details
Reliefs
Pair of relief and pierced carvings. The perimeter of each is pierced and carved with leaves and flowers. An inner oval is inlaid with ivory and frames a picture, in... view details
Statue
Shaped grotesque figure carved from a piece of gnarled wood. Size: 14.5 x 11.5 cm. view details
Pierced Carving
Shaped pierced carving with two grotesque figures, one an old man with a long straight beard, the other a child. Size: 25.5 x 14 cm. view details
Pedestal
Carved from a gnarled piece of wood which retains most of its natural contours and characteristics. Size: Length: 12 cm. view details
Bust
Carving of a nude female with tresses of hair falling on her shoulders. She is wearing a large fluted headdress. Reverse - carving of a rosette. Size: Height: 17... view details
Flask
Carved with trophies of arms and musical instruments, a male head and a grotesque head with green eyes, the metal mouth of the flask protruding from the man's mouth.... view details