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Carved wooden door trial of the Black Forest (Black Forest) *, decorated with a bird perched on a fountain surrounded by foliage, XIXth century.
This door-watch is in good condition.
The watch is not sold with the watch stand.
A note: the bird was broken and glued (see red arrows), shortages of wood and scratches under door-watch (red arrows), wear time, see photos.
Wooden objects carved Black Forest are not from Germany but were manufactured in the Brienz region, Switzerland. The tradition of woodworking is ancestral in the region, people perpetuate the practice of carved wood on the facades of houses, furniture or everyday objects. Great sculptors including the representation of wild animals in their natural environment. In the nineteenth, these naturalistic sculptures of the Black Forest became very fashionable and very popular.
