A SET OF SEVEN SYCAMORE ROUNDELAYS

EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A SET OF SEVEN SYCAMORE ROUNDELAYS
Early 17th Century
Each inscribed with a verse, within polychrome stylised foliate borders
4.7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) diam
TWO FURTHER SETS OF LATER ROUNDELAYS
Comprising: a set of four, each applied with a tinted and inscribed print; and a set of three, inscribed with verses and with painted decoration; and a beech roundelay box, the cover inscribed in ink (14)

Lot Essay

Cheese and confections were eaten off roundelays after a meal. The guests would then be required to turn their platters over and in turn recite the verse thereupon.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, London, 1969, pp. 79-81, (similar examples illustrated pl.77).

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