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Bear On All Fours

Black Forest Bear on All Fours
Located in Nantwich, GB
Heavily carved life size old Swiss bear on all fours. Part of a private collection for more than
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Early 20th Century Unknown Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Small Black Forrest Carving of a Bear, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
A small antique wood carving of a bear on all fours, Black Forest region, nicely modeled, circa
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Antique 19th Century German Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings

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Walnut

19th Century 'Black Forest' Bear
Located in London, GB
A 'Black Forest' Bear In naturalistically carved lindenwood, having glass eyes, head tilted aloft
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Wood

19th Century 'Black Forest' Bear
19th Century 'Black Forest' Bear
H 20 in W 28 in D 10.5 in
Ironwood Carved Grizzly Bear Sculpture Figurine Rustic Log Cabin Adirondak
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage carved iron wood sculpture / figurine in the shape of a grizzly bear walking on all fours
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Late 20th Century Adirondack Animal Sculptures

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Hardwood

19th Century Swiss Black Forest Carved and Stained Walnut Bear
Located in Stamford, CT
Very fine carving of a black forest bear walking on all fours paws. The life-like bear
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Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Walnut, Wood

Early 20th Century Original Danish Oil Canvas Painting of Monkeys
By Carl Gustav Herslev
Located in Atlanta, GA
disparate species, featuring various primates / monkeys at rest, hanging from a branch, walking on all fours
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Early 20th Century Danish Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

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Carousel Ostrich Sculpture
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Hand carved wood sculpture of carousel ostrich.
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Vintage 1980s Animal Sculptures

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Carousel Ostrich Sculpture
Carousel Ostrich Sculpture
H 25 in W 17 in D 5.5 in
Antique Black Forest Chamois Horns Hunting Trophy Mount 1884
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine antique chamois antler horns hunting trophy on a hand carved Black Forest plaque, dated 1884. The plaque was found in an old hunting lodge in Germany and is hand carved with o...
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Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Horn, Wood

Carved Swiss Black Forest Chalet Clock, circa 1880
Located in Evergreen, CO
Intricate, painstaking detail is featured in this rare and magnificent, hand-carved, Black Forest chalet clock, which has professionally restored woodwork. If you look closely at the...
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Antique 1880s Swiss Black Forest Table Clocks and Desk Clocks

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Walnut

Fine 'Black Forest' Linden Wood Model of a Standing Bull, Swiss, circa 1890
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine 'Black Forest' linden wood model of a standing bull, Swiss, circa 1890.
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Antique 1880s European Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Black Carousel Horse, Wood Horse Sculpture on Metal Base, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wooden Carousel Horse - Fairground horse - Merry-go-round Horse. Smaller model, so easy to be placed. This Mid-20th century hand carved Animal Sculpture is a Black horse - Black Beau...
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Carnival Art

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Wood

Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Umbrella with French Bulldog Handle
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique umbrella with a French bulldog handle or bulldog pommel with glass eyes. This brolly or parasol with a hand carved wooden animal handle or carved wood knob head is a collect...
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Early 20th Century European Edwardian Animal Sculptures

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Textile, Wood

Large Hand Carved Black Forest Standing Stag Deer Sculpture with Huge Antlers
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This quite large and well executed carving is unsigned by the artist, but presumed to have been done in Eastern Europe in circa 1900 in the period Black Forest style. This large carv...
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Softwood

Old Wooden Juvenile Carved Carousel Horse
Located in Nantwich, GB
Juvenile carved wooden carousel horse carved in the style of Charles Loof. Lions carved into the back of the saddle. Requires little restoration. Started to paint 40 years ago but...
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Early 20th Century Unknown American Craftsman Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Carved Wooden Juvenile Carousel Camel
By Charles Looff Or C.W. Parker
Located in Nantwich, GB
Rare carved wooden carousel camel with a monkey on its back. In the style of Charles Loof. Requires little restoration. Part of a private collection for more than 40 years.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown American Craftsman Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Arched Stained Glass Window Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
An antique arched stained glass window attractively decorated with a bird, possibly a nuthatch, and fruiting foliage surrounded by a panel of stylised roses and thorns. This beautifu...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Windows

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Glass, Stained Glass

Antique Arched Stained Glass Window Panel
Antique Arched Stained Glass Window Panel
H 34.45 in W 36.03 in D 0.4 in
Juvenile Carousel Horse.
Located in Nantwich, GB
Carved wooden juvenile carousel horse adorned with roses. A similar horse is in operation on the Bushnell Park carousel. Carved in the style of Charles Carmel who immigrated to the U...
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20th Century Unknown American Craftsman Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Juvenile Carousel Horse.
Juvenile Carousel Horse.
H 37 in W 39 in D 9 in
circa 1900 Miniature Model of a Black Forest Bear Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
circa 1900 Miniature Model of Black Forest Bear Bench. "Black Forest" is a term to describe elaborate, realistic wood carvings from an area in southwest Germany in the state of Baden...
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Walnut

19th Century Swiss 'Black Forest' Carving a Dog Family
By Walter Mäder
Located in London, GB
A 'Black Forest' Dog Group The naturalistically carved limewood group shows the bitch couchant and her three playful pups; glass eyes are used in all the figures, in the manner of...
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Triangular Stained Glass Window
Located in Countryside, IL
Antique Triangular Stained Glass Window This window measures: 64 wide x 2.75 deep x 55 inches high This window is in Great Vintage Condition with minor marks, dents, and wear. ...
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2010s American Modern Windows

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Glass, Wood

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Human-Headed Canopic Jar Lid, New Kingdom, XVIII dynasty
Located in Paris, FR
(funeral) vase. The head bears a black wig with incised continuous horizontal lines, and which passes
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Ceramics

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Clay

Swiss Black Forest Extending Book Stand Book End
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
panels decorated with bears on all fours standing in front of a tree. Nicely carved in the typical Black
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Bookcases

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Wood

Swiss Black Forest Extending Book Stand Book End
Swiss Black Forest Extending Book Stand Book End
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H 5.91 in W 14.97 in D 6.11 in
Antique Bronze Cat Lamp on all Fours, Cat Faces on Shade, German ca. 1900
By Hermann Eichberg
Located in Petaluma, CA
the unusual. The cat on all fours is obviously avoiding the trap while the shade shows smiling cat
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Black Forest Bear
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A black forest carved bear standing on all fours. Original glass eyes and painted mouth.
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Black Forest Bear
Black Forest Bear
H 8.67 in W 13.39 in D 6.3 in
A Black Forest Carved Bear
Located in Downingtown, PA
The fine carving depicts a brown bear walking on all fours, its head turned slightly to one side
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Antique 19th Century Swiss Animal Sculptures

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Wood

A Black Forest Carved Bear
A Black Forest Carved Bear
H 9.75 in W 17 in D 5.75 in
An English Pottery Model of a Bear
Located in Downingtown, PA
The bear stands on all fours on a narrow oval base coloured green. Around the bears paws it is
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Antique 19th Century British Pottery

Swiss Black Forest Wall Hung Bear Mirror
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
bears stand on all fours holding the top carved border, one facing forward showing its teeth and smiling
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Wall Mirrors

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Wood

Swiss Black Forest Wall Hung Bear Mirror
Swiss Black Forest Wall Hung Bear Mirror
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 4.73 in
Hand Carved Fantasy Carousel Sculpture
Located in Norwood, NJ
Carousel. Half Man Half Beast. Bear body stands on all fours, with the torso, arms and head of a man
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Vintage 1960s American American Craftsman Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

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