Black Forest Carved Deer Trophy Wall Bracket Shelf, Swiss, ca. 1900

Black Forest Wall Shelf with Finely Carved Chamois Head on an Oval Stylized Plaque, below a shaped and carved shelf, Brienz, Switzerland, ca. 1880. Jay ...

A Black Forest Carved Walnut Chair, the seat and seatback with intricately inlaid cartouches each depicting an alpine chamois, with carved edelweiss and leaves, with the working musi...

A black forest carved walnut chair, the seat and seatback with intricately inlaid cartouches each depicting an alpine chamois, with carved edelweiss and leaves, with the working musi...

Black forest carved walnut tilt-top table, the top intricately inlaid with a central medallion depicting a family of alpine chamois, surrounded by medallions of inlaid floral scrollw...

Black Forest Breinzware Walnut Inkwell, carved as a reclining Swiss Mountain Dog, with a hinged top, and two interior glass inkwells, Brienz, Switzerland ...

Black Forest Breinzware Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwell, the dogs front paws mounted on a naturalistically carved hollowed tree forming the pen tray, Brienz, Switzerland ca. 1880. *Jay Arenski, et al, quotes Swiss Poet Heinrich Federer, who said in his memoirs, "Woodcarving brought riches to the village [of Brienz]. It became all the fashion and no Englishman left the Bernese Highlands without having seen the Giessbach, having eaten a fat roasted eel, and having bought a Brienz woodcarving." Arenski continues, "Thus, as the tourist industry flourished and thrived, so did the carvers, selling their wares to the well-heeled visitors." This fashion had been set in motion by Queen Victoria's visit to the area in April 1868, and by her subsequent inspiration to build a Swiss chalet at Osborne House and fill it with Black Forest Swiss carvings...

A boldly carved eagle wall shelf, c.1860-80, Black Forest. Carved from linden wood. Beneath the shelf a spread eagle above a festoon of fruits & leav...

All hand carved and amazing condition Black Forest corner shelf. Looking at the marvelous details of this striking Black Forest ibex, this corner br...

Antique European Black Forest Carved Wall Shelf Plate Display Rack German. Direct from Europe (and one of our favorite finds), this stunning Bla...

Black Forest Deer Trophy on Carved Wooden Plaque ca. 1900s A large antique deer (Capreolus capreolus) trophy on a wooden carved plaque with dark brown finish. The trophy was shot in...

3-1022 English oversized carved wood wall bracket/shelf.

19th century hand carved bracket shelf from Holland, made from fruitwood. The shelf is shaped and has a molded edge sitting atop a hand carved man holding a horn. Very detailed carving.