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A yew wood nutcracker and combined pipe tamper, lever-action third quarter 18th century
modelled as a man, with articulated jaw, and applied with enamelled copper eyes, the lever arm terminating in the tamper, the upper legs of the figure incised with cross-hatched ornament -- 4 7/8in. (12.3cm) high
See Illustration.
modelled as a man, with articulated jaw, and applied with enamelled copper eyes, the lever arm terminating in the tamper, the upper legs of the figure incised with cross-hatched ornament -- 4 7/8in. (12.3cm) high
See Illustration.