A Collection of Folk Art and Black Forest Carved Nut Crackers
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $400 - $600
Estimate$400 – $600
Status
Closed
A Collection of Folk Art and Black Forest Carved Nut Crackers
19th/20th Century
includes a Black Forest carved rabbit nut cracker with glass eyes, a Black Forest carved nut cracker depicting a German man, an American folk art carved and painter squirrel form nutcracker, and two folk art treenware nutcrackers
largest length 8 inches
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Joan Worrall
Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors Interiors by Freeman's.
Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.
