"Barrel Lock In Polychrome Carved Walnut - Alsace 18th Century - Barrel Bar"
Beautiful polychrome carved walnut barrel lock representing a sea monster.
Alsace 17th or 18th century.
Width: 41 cm
Height: 15.5 cm
Depth: 9 cm
A comparable barrel lock, ca. 1700, is kept in the collections of the Alsatian Museum in Strasbourg, see here:
https://musees-strasbourg.skin-web.org/document/barres-de-tonneau-en-bois-sculpt-vers-1700/5ee338a7461cda28a3a76f5f?q=verrou&pos=1
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