A vintage wooden hand carving of a tiger or lion. From a private collection of around twenty folk art style wood carvings that we have acquired and will be listing through August 2024. All from Austria / Germany / Black Forest regions with assorted damage and wear. We were told some of them come from large wooden musical organs that used to be transported around towns, others from churches and chapels and others are from unknown sources but we don’t know the original use of individual pieces.
Sourced: Normandy, France
Made: Austria / Germany / Black Forest
Material: wood
Size: roughly 45 x 20 x 15 cm – 18 x 8 x 6 inches
Weight: 2.8 kg (heavy so expensive to ship)
Age: circa 1950’s may be considerably older
Condition: in vintage condition, scratches and scrapes and damage, dusty, tarnish and patina, one front leg missing, one ear damaged, other lighter chips and damage all round, signs of long gone historical woodworm, please see all pictures closely
Shipped from France