Imposing Early Sculptural Folk Art Elk Head Trophy
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Imposing Early Sculptural Folk Art Elk Head Trophy
With Carved Head, Lead Ears and Twelve Point Rack
Hand Carved and Painted Wood, Lead and Natural Antler
British, c.1780
38" high x 41 ½" wide x 27 ¼" deep
Comparative Literature: Robert Young "Folk Art"; pub. Mitchell Beazley, London, 1999. Page 40 illustrates and describes a similar primitive hand carved example.
A similar example, possibly dating from the late C17th, is on permanent exhibition on the Minstrels Gallery at Haddon Hall in Derbyshire, England.
Ref: 9414
