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A fine boxwood nut cracker, 17th century
of thumbscrew type, the spherical body carved overall in high and low relief with interlacing foliate ornament and a cartouche with the date 1631, the screw handle carved with adorsed heads flanking a gloved hand and a palm frond -- 3in. (7.5cm) high
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of thumbscrew type, the spherical body carved overall in high and low relief with interlacing foliate ornament and a cartouche with the date 1631, the screw handle carved with adorsed heads flanking a gloved hand and a palm frond -- 3in. (7.5cm) high
See Illustration