Its most likely to be made of Oak,it looks to have a nice age to it,and as it is relatively small there does,nt look to be much in the way of curving to it,..its probably been a part of something bigger,but what i could,nt say...the carving looks to be well done...enjoy it for what it is,as to value...i,d say it was,nt worth much more than £15/20