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Superb and rare wooden sculpture of the Black Forest (Black Forest *) representing a fox holding a pipe and wearing a jacket coat, his legs forming hooks used to hang whips and crops jumper (whip hooks), period nineteenth century.
This sculpture is in good condition, it is called a "whip hook" (hooks for whisk) used for riders to store their whips and crops.
A note: aryures and light wear, light gaps on the brim, see photos.
* The wood carved Black Forest are not from Germany but have been made in the region of Brienz, Switzerland. The tradition of woodworking is ancestral in this region, people perpetuate the practice of carved on the facades of houses, furniture and everyday objects. Excel particularly in the representation of wild animals in their natural environment sculptors. In the nineteenth, the naturalist sculptures of the Black Forest have become very popular and highly prized.
