Early 18th Century Continental Face Relief Carving

Moving 19th century carved wooden figure of a female. Most likely a processional figure, extraordinary dry patination and form. France circa 1860.

Early 20th Century Characterfully stout, anatomically enigmatic Rabbit. Oak. European, Circa 1920.

Early 20th Century Primitive carved stone bust. impressive stylised hair. Interesting strata patterns running through the stone. Signed indistinctly. France Circa 1900.

Extraordinary early 18th century Necessaire a Secrets, the exterior painstakingly dry scraped back to the original painted finish. the interior each drawer individually painted with ...

Impressive Carved Walnut Bambocci Commode of small scale Unusual configuration of four long drawers. Panelled sides with deep moulding. Intricate Bambocci figure head handles on thre...

Large Primitive Carved Wood Shrine or Roof Guardian, well weathered surface & beautifully sculptural. Western Nepal Circa 1900

An unusual subject in an interesting pose with a bundle of fruits in his arms. The clothes, head piece, etc., are well detailed.

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...

18th century wooden carving of an female form. Presumed to be a French church piece. This figure has a beautiful face.

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...

A truly magnificent and wonderful large hand-carved Italian Baroque wood church angel from the 18th Century. This work, which at one point was likely pol...

A finely carved Memento Mori base to hold the holy cross, now hangs to make for a decorative wee shelf. Original polychromed painted decoration, European in origins, age related wear...