WWI RARE ANTIQUE FRENCH CARVED TRENCH ART SWAGGER STICK CANE 1916
on sale on ebay starting price £180
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IN THIS AUCTION
WE HAVE ON OFFER
AN EXQUISITE
CARVED
FRENCH
WWI
TRENCH ART
SWAGGER STICK CANE
THIS FANTASTIC TRENCH ART CARVED SWAGGER STICK WAS BOUGHT ON MY RECENT TRIP TO FRANCE FROM A TOP MILITARIA DEALER IN PARIS
THE SWAGGER STICK IS EXPERTLY CARVED 'IN THE ROUND' WITH A BRANCH OF FRUITING IVY AND LEAVES EMANATING FROM THE BULLET CASING FERRULE TO CIRCUMAMBULATES AROUND THE STEM TO ALMOST REACH THE CARVED BALL FINIAL AS CAN BE SEEN IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS
THE WORK IS OF THE DEEPLY CARVED RAISED IMAGE IS OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY WITH NO DINTS OR CHIPS
THE IMAGE REMAINS CRISP WITH NO SIGN OF WEAR
THE ORIGINAL VARNISH GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF EXQUISITE VEINED DETAILING TO THE LEAVES AND ADDS TO THE IMPACT OF THE QUALITY OF THE CARVED IMAGE
THIS IS IN ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL CONDITION WITHOUT EVEN A LICK OF POLISH
I HAVE SEEN OTHER EXAMPLES OF CARVED TRENCH ART SWAGGER STICKS HOWEVER I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE AS GOOD
OTHERS THAT I HAVE SEEN ARE QUITE CRUDE IN THEIR EXECUTION AND NAIVE IN THEIR CONCEPTION
PER JANE A KIMBALL:
French soldiers carved wooden canes or walking sticks as war souvenirs to send back to their families. Most of them were made from a single piece of wood, and many have snakes or branches wrapped around the shaft of the cane. They were sometimes carved with the soldier's name and regiment, the battles in which he fought or "Souvenir de la Guerre."
Swagger sticks made from rifle cartridges and bullets by British and American soldiers are fairly common...
SOURCE: TRENCH ART AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, JANE A. KIMBALL, PUB; SILVERPENNY PRESS DAVIS, CALIFORNIA
L 97cm
UNPACKAGED WEIGHT 230g
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Check out the above link for more photographs, and check out the Shell Casings of the week which are also available for sale on ebay
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