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 bulbous cylindrical grip carved with a man's head wearing an exotic turban-like hat centering a trefoil motif, above a handle-bar moustached face, with incised eyes and hair and relief-carved nose above a knotty twisting irregular cylindrical tapering stripped-branch shaft
37¼in. length
Attributed to the "Bally" Carver, Berks County, Pennsylvania, late 19th century
The bulbous cylindrical grip carved with a man's head wearing an exotic turban-like hat centering a trefoil motif, above a handle-bar moustached face, with incised eyes and hair and relief-carved nose above a knotty twisting irregular cylindrical tapering stripped-branch shaft
37¼in. length