TWO BLACK FOREST WOODEN FIGURES “FARMER COUPLE”, SOUTHERN GERMANY LATE 19TH CENTURY CENTURY, HEIGHT APPROX. 18 CM.

Description

A pair of Black Forest wooden figures of a farmer and a farmer's wife. Both figures are shown sitting. The farmer knitting and the farmer smoking a pipe.
Both have been fully sculpted, consisting of walnut, with a main view from the front. They are hand carved and hand painted with details.
On the back of each figure, there is an (unknown) artist monogram with “RA”
Origin from southern Germany; dating is inaccurate, from the late 19th century.

size:
Farmer: ca. 11 x 18 x 9.5 cm
Builder: ca. 11 x 18 x 9 cm

An almost identical figure can be found on 1STDIB at the following link:
https://www.1stdibs.com/de/m%C3%B6bel/dekorative-objekte/skulpturen/montierte-objekte/antike-geschnitzte-skulptur-einer-bauernwife-in-schwarzw%C3%A4lder-qualit%C3%A4t-geschnitzt-im-schwarzwaldstil/id-f_29885602/?currency=eur&priceBookName=EU.Show more

Condition

Age-related condition: slight scratches/chipping, missing wood fragment on the farmer's foot, small hole on the farmer's head, see pictures.