Bidspirit auction | A 19thC 'folk art' carved
A 19thC 'folk art' carved wooden walking stick, the pommel fashioned as the head of a man wearing a round cap sporting prominent sideburns, attached to a tapering shaft carved in high relief with the twisted design of two snakes about to devour their prey, the upper section showing two cherubs holding a halo above the head of a (military?) figure, the central portion featuring a marriage scene above a cherub sounding a trumpet and a a female figure within a niche, 36”.