#antique carving

[dynamoe]

Merry-Go-Rounds with animals to ride other than horses are called "Menagerie Carousels."

a small sample: Cuttlefish, Pug, Chicken, Zebra, Llama, Capybara.

The National Zoo's Conservation Carousel

Carousel History: Menagerie Animals

Carousel Workshop: Menagerie Figures for Sale

ride a lobstah.

[periodoakantiques]

THIS BEAUTIFUL LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH OAK CARVING IS ALMOST 3” THICK, THE OUTER EDGES CARVED WITH GOTHIC TRACERY TERMINATING IN TREFOILS, THE CENTRE IS CARVED WITH THE GOOD SHEPHERD TENDING TO HIS FLOCK WITH A SHIELD ABOVE.

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[vintagehomecollection]

In a hall recently acquired clam shell sits on an intricately carved late seventeenth-century Irish mahogany table that came from a house in County Leix. The table is carved on both sides and designed to stand in the centre of a room rather than against a wall.

In an Irish House, 1988

[kafkasapartment]

A reticulated white jade 'pine and crane' plaque, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

[thatshowthingstarted]

The ''Two Dog Palette,'' Predynastic Period ca. 3300-3100 BC,

The both sides of the two dog palette are carved in low relief with scenes depicting the frenzy of an animal hunt.

The imagery includes real animals, such as the pair of Cape hunting dogs that frame the top (from which the palette takes its name) and a mixture of fabulous animals.

Made of siltstone, 42.5 x 22 cm.

From Hierakonpolis (Nekhen).

Egyptian Research Account excavations, 1898.

Ashmolean Museum. Oxford.

[heavensdoorways]

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"

Designed and carved by Frank Koralewsky

This took Korelewsky seven years to complete, and he won the gold medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915.

[escapismsworld]

The Three Graces

Marble relief carving

Late 16th/ early 17th century

Italian

[yebreed]

Nature Inspired: Golden Cicada Resting On a Jade Leaf

Exquisite ornament of the Ming dynasty.

Total weight of the insect figurine, made of 95% pure gold, is 4.65 g. The thickness of the finely crafted wings is only 2 mm.

Unearthed in Boshiwu (博士塢), Wufeng Mountain, Suzhou. Now exhibited in Nanjing Museum (南京博物院).

Photo: ©南京博物院

[fmstonecarving]

Out of place artifact.

Hand carved sandstone, based on an ancient Assyrian Winged Genie, but with a twist.

[toyastales]

Carving of an octopus. Japan, 19th century.

[skf-fineart]

Head of a Statue of the God Sobek Shedeti

Egypt, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1859-1802 B.C.

Limestone, 21 7/16 × 20 1/16 × 18 7/8 in.

[periodoakantiques]

THIS WONDERFUL LATE 14TH CENTURY ENGLISH OAK CELING BOSS DEPICTS THE “AGNUS DEI” THE LAMB OF GOD. DEEPLY CARVED IN OAK WITH EACH CORNER CARVED WITH A GOTHIC TREFOIL, THE CENTRE IS CARVED WITH THE LAMB OF GOD WITH BANNER AND CROSS.

[vintagehomecollection]

Country Kitchens, 1991

[picsfromsiberiangirl]

I See Little Doves.

[thatshowthingstarted]

Holographic Ring, 1st century CE,

Tomb of Aebutia Quart, Grottaferrata necropolis, Italy,

This exquisite artifact features a rock crystal intricately carved to depict her son, Titus Carvilius Gemello. The engraving on the back of the crystal skillfully manipulates light, creating a holographic effect that makes the image appear remarkably lifelike.

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina

[koenji]

Nautilus shell made of mother of pearl carved with floral tendrils, the Netherlands, 1650-1700.