A Swiss Black Forest hand carved wood study of a St Bernard Mountain rescue dog

This superb quality walnut Swiss black forest sculpture depicts the Swiss legend William Tell jubilantly walking home arm in arm with his son with a large...

A superb black forest carved walnut study of a monk. This exceptionally well carved bust of a 19th century monk has been produced out of a single...

This exquisitely carved study of a Belgian draught horse dates to circa 1930 and is hand carved in dense beech wood. It is a very detailed sculpture and the artist has captured this...

This remarkable and very finely carved study of the biblical figure of St Paul, The Apostle who was originally Saul of Tarsus born BCE. Tarsus in Cilicia (now in Turkey). He died circa 62 – 64 CE in Rome, Italy. He was one of the leaders of the first generation Christians and was often considered to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. This highly accomplished wood carving is a difficult material for detailing English oak. It shows him standing barefoot and dressed in simple robes with a sword in one hand and a scroll in the other. His face has been well captured with a good expression, detailed hair and a long beard. The small scale of this figure would indicate it was not originally church decoration...