Carving Collection (page 7)

Fireplace in Town Hall, Courtrai, Belgium
Ornately carved stone fireplace, Aldermens Chamber, Town Hall, Courtrai (Kortrijk), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

Altar, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges, Belgium
White marble altar with silver tabernacle, Basilica of the Holy Blood (St Sang), Bruges, Belgium, a Roman Catholic basilica dating back to the 12th century

Detail of reconstruction of Temple of Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Detail of a reconstruction of the Temple of Angkor Wat, Cambodia - (Architect - Blanche, Sculptor - Auberlet) for the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris. Date: 1931

House interior, Chicken Market, Gand (Ghent), Belgium
House interior with ornate fireplace in the Chicken Market, Gand (Ghent), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Church of Notre Dame, Aerschot (Aarschot), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. circa 1910

Mermaid of Zennor wood carving, Zennor Church, Cornwall
A wood carving of a mermaid on the end of a pew in Zennor Church, near St Ives, Cornwall. She is known as the Mermaid of Zennor and is depicted with long flowing hair

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

Carved Hornbill Skull
Casque of a helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) carved to depict a Chinese battle scene set in a town by a river. There also features a figure holding a flag bearing the Chinese w鮠 character

Christmas Feasting in reign of Henry VIII
A Christmas banquet in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII. The servers carry huge napkins over their shoulders and are marshalled in by the deputy steward

Shiv Temple, Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh, India
Shiv Temple at Baijnath, Himachal Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Reims Cathedral, France, after German bombing, WW1
Two views of Reims Cathedral, France, after bombing by the Germans during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Copan, Honduras - A Stone bust of the Maize God (3rd century AD). Date: 3rd century AD

Ritual of Self-Mutilation by Aissaoua Brotherhood, Morocco
A member of the snake charmers cult The Aissaoua Brotherhood ceremonially cuts his head on the Day of Sacrifices a ritual of self-mutilation. Date: circa 1910s

Beijing, China - Forbidden City - Staircase
Beijing, China - Forbidden City Imperial Palace - Staircase to the Hall of Supreme Harmony Date: late 20th century

Stela E in Quirigua, Guatemala, Guatemala
Ruins of Quirigua, an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala. The monuments at Quirigua include unusually large stelae elaborately carved from single

Stela K - Ruins of Quirigua, Guatemala
The photograph shows the west side of a carved stone stela known by archaeologists as Stela K, created during the reign of Jade Sky (early 9th century)

Le Jardin d Hercule, by Hubert Robert (1733-1808)

Bone knife from Papua New Guinea
Traditional bone knife of unknown age, from Sepik Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Made from tibiotarsus of Cassowary Casuarius sp

Kitchen interior, St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales
Sketch of the kitchen interior at St Donats Castle, Glamorgan, Wales, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. 1842

Grieving Mother Memorial - Volvograd
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - Battle of Stalingrad Memorial at Mamajev Kurgan Hill. The Memorial entited Grieving Mother and the Memorial Cathedral. Date: 2010

Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

Holy stone turtle, Karakorum, Mongolia
One of the two famous holy stone tortoises or turtles at Karakorum, Mongolia, not far from the walls of the Erdene Zuu monastery

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Maori meeting house, Kaitaia, North Island, New Zealand
A traditional Maori meeting house (or Marae) at Kaitaia, near Pukepoto, in the far north of the North Island, New Zealand. It is decorated with distinctive red carvings

Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A boy stood in front of a remarkable statue in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, of a seven-headed cobra snake, guarding a bridge within the Palace complex

New Zealand - Carved Maori Gateway, with a dapper Gent standing within the lower arch giving an accurate idea of the scale

Sri Lanka - Moon Stone and Steps - Anuradhapura

Trogir, Croatia - Small Loggia
Trogir (Trau) - the Mala Loza, or Small Loggia. Loggia is the name given to an architectural feature, originally of Italian design

Cross at Monasterboice
The South Cross (High Cross), also known as Muiredachs Cross at Monasterboice, County Louth - north of Drogheda

Harry MacDonald - Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green
Harry MacDonald at work in his Woodcarvers Shop - Woolmer Green, Knebworth, Hertfordshire. MacDonald (a Yorkshireman) came south and brought this cottage for 1, 000 in 1937

Marlborough College Chapel, Wiltshire
Interior of Marlborough College Chapel, Wiltshire -- the East End, showing the altar and choir stalls. 1896

British Sailor on shore leave purchasing a souvenir - China
British Sailor on shore leave purchasing a souvenir to take home - Chinese Art shop. Date: circa 1890s

Father Carving the Turkey by Charles Robinson
Illustration captioned Father Carving the Turkey. A young girl sits at the dinner table while her father sharpens a knife to carve the huge turkey that is on the plate in front of her. Date: 1906

Statue of a Charioteer (Roman) - Capitoline Museum, Rome. Date: 1920s

Cover design, Egypt and the Sudan, showing Luxor with statues and monuments under a starlit sky. Date: 1936

Entrance to Great Pagoda, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India
Entrance to the Great Pagoda, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India. Date: circa 1905

Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Courtyard of Thirumalai Nayak Palace, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910s

View of interior, Wells Cathedral, Somerset
View of interior with choir stalls, Wells Cathedral, Somerset. circa 1970s

Skeppsbron 18, Stockholm, Sweden -- AB Stockholm Bank of Upper Norland. Date: circa 1910

Switzerland - Brienz - Signpost to the Boat Station
Switzerland - Brienz - A fun carved wooden Signpost to the Boat Station, taking tourists on trips on Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland

Statue of Ariadne on the Panther by von Dannecker
Statue of Ariadne on the Panther (finished from 1810 to 1824), Bethmanns Museum, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany - carved by Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (1758-1841)

The Castle - Ankara, Turkey. Date: circa 1930s

Bishops Gate, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Bishops Gate, Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1900s

Damascus, Syria - Carving in the wall of the Old Citadel Date: circa 1910s

Damascus, Syria - Dervish Mosque on Barada River and the remains of a Roman Archway. Date: 1902

Arches - Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria
Arches of the Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus or formerly the Basilica of Saint John the Baptist. Date: circa 1910s

Stone carving on a building, Oxford
Stone carving of an angel on a building in Oxford, England. circa 1969

Walking man in Bruges, Belgium
Walking man passing a typical wide door in Bruges, Belgium. circa 1968

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