Black Forest Carved Large Terrier Inkwell, Hinged Lid, Exceptional Carving
Black Forest Breinzware Large Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwell, the dogs front paws mounted on a naturalistically carved hollowed tree forming the pen tray, Brienz, Switzerland ca. 1880. An exceptionally well-carved piece.
BOOK REFERENCES:
Peter F. Blackman, BLACK FOREST WOOD CARVINGS: THE HISTORY OF SWISS BRIENZERWARE. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2009, p. 276.
*Jay Areneski, Simon Daniels and Michael Daniels, SWISS CARVING: THE ART OF THE 'BLACK FOREST:' 1820-1940, Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, Publishers, 2005, pp. 13-14. Jay Arenski, et al, quotes Swiss Poet Heinrich Federer, who said in his memoirs, "Woodcarving brought riches to the village [of Brienz]. It became all the fashion and no Englishman left the Bernese Highlands without having seen the Giessbach, having eaten a fat roasted eel, and having bought a Brienz woodcarving." Arenski continues, "Thus, as the tourist industry flourished and thrived, so did the carvers, selling their wares to the well-heeled visitors."
This fashion had been set in motion by Queen Victoria's visit to the area in April 1868, and by her subsequent inspiration to build a Swiss chalet at Osborne House and fill it with Black Forest Swiss carvings (see footnote).
Black Forest Breinzware Large Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwell, the dogs front paws mounted on a naturalistically carved hollowed tree forming the pen tray, Brienz, Switzerland ca. 1880. An exceptionally well-carved piece.
BOOK REFERENCES:
Peter F. Blackman, BLACK FOREST WOOD CARVINGS: THE HISTORY OF SWISS BRIENZERWARE. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2009, p. 276.
*Jay Areneski, Simon Daniels and Michael Daniels, SWISS CARVING: THE ART OF THE 'BLACK FOREST:' 1820-1940, Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, Publishers, 2005, pp. 13-14. Jay Arenski, et al, quotes Swiss Poet Heinrich Federer, who said in his memoirs, "Woodcarving brought riches to the village [of Brienz]. It became all the fashion and no Englishman left the Bernese Highlands without having seen the Giessbach, having eaten a fat roasted eel, and having bought a Brienz woodcarving." Arenski continues, "Thus, as the tourist industry flourished and thrived, so did the carvers, selling their wares to the well-heeled visitors."
This fashion had been set in motion by Queen Victoria's visit to the area in April 1868, and by her subsequent inspiration to build a Swiss chalet at Osborne House and fill it with Black Forest Swiss carvings (see footnote).
Black Forest Breinzware Large Inkwell, carved as begging terrier with tongue protruding, with inset glass eyes, the hinged head concealing a glass inkwell, the dogs front paws mounted on a naturalistically carved hollowed tree forming the pen tray, Brienz, Switzerland ca. 1880. An exceptionally well-carved piece.
BOOK REFERENCES:
Peter F. Blackman, BLACK FOREST WOOD CARVINGS: THE HISTORY OF SWISS BRIENZERWARE. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2009, p. 276.
*Jay Areneski, Simon Daniels and Michael Daniels, SWISS CARVING: THE ART OF THE 'BLACK FOREST:' 1820-1940, Suffolk, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, Publishers, 2005, pp. 13-14. Jay Arenski, et al, quotes Swiss Poet Heinrich Federer, who said in his memoirs, "Woodcarving brought riches to the village [of Brienz]. It became all the fashion and no Englishman left the Bernese Highlands without having seen the Giessbach, having eaten a fat roasted eel, and having bought a Brienz woodcarving." Arenski continues, "Thus, as the tourist industry flourished and thrived, so did the carvers, selling their wares to the well-heeled visitors."
This fashion had been set in motion by Queen Victoria's visit to the area in April 1868, and by her subsequent inspiration to build a Swiss chalet at Osborne House and fill it with Black Forest Swiss carvings (see footnote).