A South German polychrome and parcel-gilt carved wood hunting trophy 18th/19th century

in the form of a deer head mounted with a set of red deer antlers of fourteen points 

There are some hariline contsruction cracks and scattered ages cracks but these are not too noticeable. Evidence of old very minor woodworm. Minor chips and refreshment to the decoration. There is a very minor chip on the base of the backplate as visible from the photograph. There is a very minor section chipped off the tip to the left side antler.
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