Black Forest Carved Stag's Head Wall Shelf, Swiss, ca. 1880

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 ...

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

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 Minton Majolica Small Tazza formed as a shallow bowl supported by a horn and naturalistic stag's head, with green stylized leaves, the oval base glazed in cobalt, with gadrooned ed...

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 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 fine black forest hand carved chamois or antelope wall bracket shelf hand carved in Switzerland, circa 1920. This fine bracket features a handsome chamois surrounded by intricately...

A Swiss Black Forest period oak wall bracket from the early 20th century, with hand carved stag motif. This early 20th-century Swiss Black Forest oak wall bracket, hailing from the s...

A Rare Life-Sized Black Forest Stag's Head Carved from Lindenwood, the deer head with realistic fur effect, patination, and glass inset eyes in conjunction with the real three-tined...

Pair of Black Forest style Deer head wall shelves or brackets. Made in a Faux Bois design.

Fantastic quality antique Victorian Black Forest carved call bracket having a fantastic quality black forest carved wall bracket of a ...

Beautiful antique silver gilt hand carved wood wall shelf. Perfect for displaying art work or décor.