A rare lignum vitae and heartwood table-standing lever-action nutcracker, third quarter 18th century

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A rare lignum vitae and heartwood table-standing lever-action nutcracker, third quarter 18th century
modelled with the head of a bearded man, with painted eyes, with articulated jaw, on an integral baluster shaft with circular stepped base -- 11in. (28cm) high
See Illustration.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. P.76., a comparative standing nutcracker illustrated plate.74, fig.B.

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