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Carved Figural Cane http://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2056/lots/1433

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$546

Carved Figural Cane, attributed to "Schtockschnitzler" Simmons (ac. 1870-1910), Pennsylvania German, Berks County, Pennsylvania, late 19th/early 20th century, the head of a dog with bared teeth and spike collar, old varnished surface, no stand, lg. 34 in. Provenance: Aarne Anton/American Primitive Gallery. Literature: A related example of "Schtockschnitzler" Simmons's work is pictured in George H. Meyer's AMERICAN FOLK ART CANES, (Seattle, 1992), pp. 46-7, fig. 60. Meyer quotes Richard S. Machmer as saying that Simmons was "a late German immigrant who wandered on foot from farm to farm and tavern to tavern, a pack of canes on his back," (p. 189). His given name is unknown.

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Auctioneer:
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Date:
2001-02-25

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