Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Whimsey |
Object ID # |
2021.42.1 |
Other Name |
Woodcarving |
Title |
Whimsey carved by Henry O. Guntz, 1880s |
Place of Origin |
East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
Year Range from |
1880 |
Year Range to |
1890 |
Material |
Pine |
Dimensions |
H-41 W-10.5 D-10.5 inches |
Description |
Whimsey woodcarving, early 1880s, made by Henry Oswin Guntz (1856-1936). Intricate "tower" shaped carving with multiple pinnacles, multiple layers and shapes of wood, and several balls in "cages" that were carved out of solid blocks of wood. |
Provenance |
Woodcarving made by Henry O. Guntz (1856-1936) of East Vincent Township, Chester County, while he was a hired man on the farm of Jacob F. Kolb, in the early 1880s. Henry was the son of German Lutheran immigrants John S. & Barbara Guntz, of New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, By 1880 (per the census), Henry had moved to East Vincent Township and was living and working on the farm of Jacob F. Kolb, where he met Barbara Buckwalter of the Vincent Mennonite congregation. They were married in 1887 and he joined that congregation. This whimsey, one in a set of three, was passed down to their son John B. Guntz (1889-1978) of Upper Providence Township, Montgomery Co., and eventually to his grandson Allen H. Guntz (the donor). The other two whimseys are still owned by family members. |
Source |
Gift of Allen H. Guntz |
People |
Guntz, Henry O., 1856-1936 |