AN ENGLISH YEWWOOD SPILL VASE
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AN ENGLISH YEWWOOD SPILL VASE

POSSIBLY SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH YEWWOOD SPILL VASE
POSSIBLY SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
Of waisted form with ribbed and reeded bands to the outer body
4½in. (11.5cm.) high
Provenance
Eldridge of London, Farringdon Road. Levi Collection number 633.
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Lot Essay

Pinto states in his book "apart from paper, spills were made of either flat slithers of wood, or rolls of curled shavings. The flat slivers or 'spelk' were cut on a 'spelk plane', the same tool which was used for 'spelk' basket making. The tubular shaving spills were tightly and automatically curled as they passed through the special plane." Examples are illustrated in the book pl.116, fig.A-F.

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