{"product_id":"museum-quality-antique-breinz-black-forest-carved-185-wall-plaque-pair-fruits-of-the-hunt-with-stag-fox","title":"Museum Quality Antique Breinz Black Forest Carved 18'5\" Wall Plaque PAIR, \"Fruits of the Hunt\" with Stag \u0026 Fox ++","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuseum quality antique Victorian era Swiss Breinz Black Forest hand carved 18.5\" tall wall plaque pair with exquisitely detailed \"Fruits of the Hunt\" motif including large stag or deer and fox figures, hunting rifles \u0026amp; accoutrement and both in exceptional condition!  The figures and implements curl around central \"cache pot\", circular wells that would be great for cigars or a small floral arrangement (faux, of course, I wouldn't add any soil or moisture that could damage the wood).  C\u003cspan\u003eonsiderably above the quality of the mass-produced \"Black Forest\" carvings that flooded the market in the early 20th century.  \u003c\/span\u003eBlack Forest hunting plaques (Jagdtrophäen) in the Swiss\/German Alpine tradition, combining highly sculptural carving with real hunting equipment. They were intended as decorative wall pieces for a hunting lodge, manor, or affluent home rather than as simple trophy mounts.  The design belongs to the Romantic movement's celebration of the hunt and Alpine life, where naturalism was prized over strict symmetry.  Circa 1875–1905, these have deep undercut carving with crisp detail, hand-engraved\/carved shield-shaped backboards, genuine antique hunting implements incorporated into the designs and both in rich, dark oxidized or age patinated walnut consistent with 19th-century pieces.  Brienz was the center of high-quality Black Forest carving from the mid-19th century onward, although the style spread across the Alpine region. Both magnificent!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good to excellent condition.  There are some visible worm\/bug holes in the shaped plaques and a small chip to the left side of the stag one, few worm holes in figural carvings and, of course, nothing active.  The stag's outer horn has been broken off sometime in the past, a chip to the tip of the fox's tail, his left foreleg is missing and a few small chips elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiques \u0026 Uncommon Treasure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48470269133054,"sku":"626bfplqs","price":3495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0298\/3392\/0556\/files\/626bfplqsa.jpg?v=1782492213","url":"https:\/\/antiques-uncommon-treasure.com\/fr\/products\/museum-quality-antique-breinz-black-forest-carved-185-wall-plaque-pair-fruits-of-the-hunt-with-stag-fox","provider":"Antiques \u0026 Uncommon Treasure","version":"1.0","type":"link"}