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Exceptional inkwell carved Black Forest, interior burl walnut foliage decor, dog, frog and rat. Nineteenth Epoque.
This inkwell is signed.
Note that the two support inkwells are damaged, visible in the pictures.
* The 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 have become very fashionable and popular
