A Pair of Black Forest Carvings of Cattle
A Pair of Black Forest Carvings of Swiss Cattle, firmly attributable to Johann Huggler
Hand carved in walnut, the attentive cattle, wearing bells, and seemingly carved from the life, stand on shaped rectangular naturalistic bases.
Circa 1880
Bibliography;
'Swiss Carvings: The Art of the 'Black Forest', by Michael & Simon Daniels, published by the Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, England, published 2005
See pages 83-85 for similar models of cattle.
Johann Huggler (1834-1912) of the long-lived Huggler dynasty of carvers, plied his considerable skills in the Swiss lakeside village of Brienz, and is noted as specialising in fine carvings of cattle.