07/08/2026
Had a fun time with this little project - This carved figure came to us for repair from a wonderful client of ours - he's had it for years and years, and it needed some love to get it back together and looking good again. Sara, my antique division leader, took on the task and made the repairs, did the touch up and got it looking good. After looking it over, I realized that the staff that he was holding appeared to have had some thing on the end of it at one point in time so I did some research and found out that this carving was part of a German/Bavarian carving collection from the 40's and 50's, and this was the Nachtwächter, or Night Watchman
I also discovered it was missing a "halberd" ax head that had been lost at some point over the years. So I found a picture online of the exact carving and replicated the head to go on the staff, and then cut a couple of new pieces of glass for the lantern, antiqued the glass, and found a bulb that worked for the lantern. Overall, I think it turned out great, and I surprise the customer with it, he was not expecting that! Here's the before, and the after, I put him in a vintage German bar background. Hope you like it!