Hand Carved 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Nutwood Eagle Sculpture / Book Stand

Rare hand-crafted entree stand. . .signed ‘RUEF’. (Ruef Brothers) This beautifully carved Black Forest bear will always be there to greet you when you come home. It does not matter...

Early 1900s Black Forest standing bear umbrella stand. This vintage Black Forest bear umbrella Stand is a great looking piece for any...

Museum quality and very good condition, Swiss fine art sculpture. For the collectors of the rarest and best quality antiques only we also have this museum worthy, wooden sculpture of a beggar. This simply can only be the work of a master carver, because to be able to create these details and this much realism takes a god given talent and a lifetime of experience. With the anatomy, the posture AND the balance of this aged beggar in Medieval clothing...

Museum quality and condition, hand carved livestock sculpture. This marvelous bull is for the collectors of the rarest and best quality Black Forest sculptures. Incredibly detailed,...

Quality carved, mint condition and majestic bird of prey. This stunning bald eagle sculpture stands out, because the artist has managed to create a perfectly realistic eagle without...

Never seen before, concrete Black Forest style umbrella stand. This is another one of our recent rare and great finds. We were given 1stdibs in buying several unique antiques and works of art from a lady who had to move to a smaller home due to old age. This concrete Black Forest Style bear was purchased 26 years ago from an antique dealer in the east of Holland (by her late husband) and it had been in their hallway ever since. Since we have never seen a concrete Black Forest bear before, we have no idea about the exact age. What we can see, is that the original bear stand was beautifully carved. Why someone took the time and effort to make a mold (which is very time consuming and often costly) and then only make one cast in concrete copy, is a mystery to us. However, we are pleased by that also, because that would make this old (or maybe even antique) concrete bear...

A Black Forest coat hook Carved from solid Lindenwood, the cross-legged fox with glass-inset eyes brushing a horn, the second horn extending out f...

Magnificent rare Swiss Black Forest carved deer form hall stand with mirror. Having impeccably detailed deer and eagle carvings above rock form base and ...

Exquisite & most impressive! This 19th century Swiss Black Forest eagle coat rack from carved wood. Highly detailed model with 4 hooks. The coat rack shows a scene of an eagle holdi...

A fine 19th Century Brienz Black Forest hand-carved bear hall stand. This charming hall stand is naturalistically carved in Linden wood and depicts ...

Exquisite & most impressive! This 19th century Swiss Black Forest eagle coat rack from carved walnut. Very large, highly detailed model with 8 hooks for plenty of coats. The coat...

This is a very impressive piece dating from the turn of the 19th century, carved in the Black Forest we have three bears, the mother bellowing from below, ...