A 19th century painted beech deer's head, German or Austrian
A 19th century painted beech deer's head, German or Austrian
Centred with the carved head of a female roe deer, with real short horns, a sash about its neck, mounted onto a moulded and strapwork-carved oval, the backplate a cartouche, with a scroll at top and bottom, and to each side of the deer a winged merman, with curly hair, high collar and petalled skirt, their lower halves a scaly fish tail, with pendant drapery and fruit around a female mask with a headdress tied at her ears, 36cm wide x 23cm deep x 62cm high, (14in wide x 9in deep x 24in high)
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A 19th century painted beech deer's head, German or Austrian
Centred with the carved head of a female roe deer, with real short horns, a sash about its neck, mounted onto a moulded and strapwork-carved oval, the backplate a cartouche, with a scroll at top and bottom, and to each side of the deer a winged merman, with curly hair, high collar and petalled skirt, their lower halves a scaly fish tail, with pendant drapery and fruit around a female mask with a headdress tied at her ears, 36cm wide x 23cm deep x 62cm high, (14in wide x 9in deep x 24in high)