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, BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A CARVED WALKING STICK
Attributed to the "Bally" Carver, Berks County, Pennsylvania, late 19th century
The twisted terminus with moustached face-carved end turning and tapering to an irregular cylindrical stripped-branch shaft, carved below the grip with a hunting dog perched in waiting above a fox emerging from his hole
36¾in. length
Attributed to the "Bally" Carver, Berks County, Pennsylvania, late 19th century
The twisted terminus with moustached face-carved end turning and tapering to an irregular cylindrical stripped-branch shaft, carved below the grip with a hunting dog perched in waiting above a fox emerging from his hole
36¾in. length