A CARVED AND PAINTED PINE POODLE WITH STICK

Born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Wilhelm Schimmel travelled to Pennsylvania and settled in the Cumberland Valley, near Carlisle. He is reputed to have bartered in carved animals for drink, meals or money. He did not travel far from the Condoguinet Creek area and died in the Cumberland County Almshouse in 1890. For another example of Schimmel's work see lot 145.