LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SWISS 'BLACK FOREST' CARVED WOOD FIGURES OF HUNTERS
LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each modelled in Tyrolean hunting attire, one with his hound seated by his feet. with a shotgun and fox slung over his shoulder, the other with a rabbit, and meerschaum pipe, each with stamp 'J.HUGGLER/ A BRIENZ'
23 ½ in. (60 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Comparative literature: Jay Arenski, Simon and Michael Daniels Swiss Carvings, The Art of the Black Forest, 1820-1940, Woodbridge 2005, a similar figure to this pair of a huntsman (No.142) and a photograph of Huggler carving illustrated on pages 96/97.

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