18th C Rare Wood Female Carving Artifact

Antique rare & ancient artifact, a foot, wearing a sandal, the bottom of the foot has been carved with the sandals bottom as well.

Stunning, 18th century Italian chest with three full sized lined drawers. The tope sides & drawers are adorned with geometric marquetry, bronze pulls & escutcheon keyplates.

Hand carved candlestick lamp by Chapman Manufacturing company with a dark walnut finish. Polished brass lamp works providing directional lighting with two light sources. New linen sh...

Perfect poolside furniture. a rare set of wrought iron patio dining table & chairs from the Andalusian collection by Russell Woodard. Andalusian features elaborate Spanish style scr...

A finely carved Baroque period architectural element, now fashioned as a sculptural bracket shelf. Hand-crafted by a master-artisan in the 18th century, originally part of a corbel, likely from a church around the Black Forest region of Southern Germany. Exquisitely hand carved solid walnut, exceptionally executed and intricately detailed, featuring two protruding busts of cherub children with fine facial details and sculpted wavy hair, over pierced foliate floral decoration. circa 1750 Provenance / Acquisition: Property from the magnificent estate of the late T. Boone Pickens (1928 -2019). An American business magnate and financier. Acquired from the highly reputable auction house J. Garrett Auctioneers, Dallas, Texas. September 2022 More of T. Boone Pickens Estate catalog J. Garrett Auctioneers had the pleasure of presenting this item from the iconic Texas and Oklahoma oil...

A lovely angel, his right hand extended as if to touch something or hold something. He appears very calm and peaceful, clothed in a partial shroud which is draped over his shoulder...

A large carved and polychrome painted tobacconist's figure almost certainly 17th or early 18th century For a related example see Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Page 412, plate 436. Originally this may well have been a tobacconist's shop window figure. For a similar, but slightly earlier unpainted example, see Sotheby's, The W. J. Shepherd collection of treen, 30th November 1983, Lot 393, illustrated in Pinto "Wooden Bygones of Smoking and Snuff Taking", plate 1. Carved wooden figures, often painted, were placed outside tobacconist's shops as signs from the 17th century onwards. The earliest of these figures is the 'black boy' or 'blackamoor'. 'At the sign of the black boy' or 'at the sign of the blackamoor' was a popular address for tobacconists since the early 17th century. The 17th century figures...

Vintage Bavarian wood carving of the infant bacchus Oberammergau is a world-famous wood carver town in Bavaria, Germany. Nikolaus Lang, a known art...