Lot Essay
For similar walking sticks by this carver, see Machmer, Just For Nice (Reading: HSBC, 1991) figs. 64, 68 and 69, p.30.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE "BALLY" CARVER, SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A CARVED WALKING STICK
Attributed to the "Bally" Carver, Southeastern Pennsylvania, late 19th century
The twisting grip carved at the end with a man's face with incised hat, eyes and mouth and relief-carved nose, twisting, turning and carved with another man's face in similar hat with incised eyes, nose, mouth, moustache and beard, all above a tapering cylindrical stripped-branch knotty shaft
39¾in. length
Attributed to the "Bally" Carver, Southeastern Pennsylvania, late 19th century
The twisting grip carved at the end with a man's face with incised hat, eyes and mouth and relief-carved nose, twisting, turning and carved with another man's face in similar hat with incised eyes, nose, mouth, moustache and beard, all above a tapering cylindrical stripped-branch knotty shaft
39¾in. length