Lot Essay
E.H. Pinto suggests in Treen and other wooden bygones, London, 1969, p. 181, that the type of tall coffee grinder (on the right of the illustration) dates from early in the 18th century.
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18TH 19TH CENTURY
Details
A COLLECTION OF FOUR PIECES OF TURNED LIGNUM VITAE TREEN
18th 19th Century
Comprising: three various coffee-grinders, each with ring-turned decoration, one with acorn finial, the others with ring-turned baluster finial, one with top section of finial replaced, together with a master salt with ring-turned spreading foot, the two larger grinders with steel turning-handle
9¾ in. (25 cm.) high and smaller (4)
18th 19th Century
Comprising: three various coffee-grinders, each with ring-turned decoration, one with acorn finial, the others with ring-turned baluster finial, one with top section of finial replaced, together with a master salt with ring-turned spreading foot, the two larger grinders with steel turning-handle
9¾ in. (25 cm.) high and smaller (4)
Provenance
Bought from Norman Adams at the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, June 1982 or 1983.
Special notice
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