PROBABLY CIRCA 1700

Details

A LOW COUNTRIES BOXWOOD LEVER ACTION NUTCRACKER
PROBABLY CIRCA 1700
Carved in the form of a female figure displaying a foetus to her womb
6¼in. (16cm.) long

Provenance

Purchased from Poly de Courcy Ireland, 3 April 1998. Levi Collection number 1028.

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Lot Essay

Comparative Literature:
Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobard-Davies, Hertford 1973. Page 126, pl.49 fig's. A & E.

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