gorgeous antler basket with lion head 1880

a very rare antique paper basket. a lion head made of painted papier mâché mounted on a fallow deer antler base. austria, ca. 1880. paper lable of the manufacturer Rudolf Brix on the wooden base. an identical basked is illustrated on a contemporary photo of hunting castle platte in germany (Jagdschloss Platte), here as wild boar head. see Sabine Spindler, Geweihmoebel 1825 - 1925 on page 10.