Furniture and Collections - 10th April 2025
Lot 693
A MONUMENTAL SWISS BLACK FOREST WALNUT MODEL OF AN EAGLE
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £11340
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Description
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.