A MONUMENTAL SWISS BLACK FOREST WALNUT MODEL OF AN EAGLE

A MONUMENTAL SWISS BLACK FOREST WALNUT MODEL OF AN EAGLE

ATTRIBUTED TO ED. BINDER, BRIENZ, C.1920

depicted perched on a rocky outcrop the talons gripping a parcel gilt shield decorated with twelve stars relating to the Swiss Canton of Valais, the other talon gripping a sheaf of arrows, on a turned socle

83.5cm high, 134.2cm wide

Literature

See Arenski, Daniels and Daniels, 'Swiss Carvings: The Art of the Black Forest, 1820-1940', p.162.