POSSIBLY 17TH CENTURY

Details

A lignum vitae wassail dipper or cup with silver rim
Possibly 17th century
The mount with scalloped border, the body turned with a reeded and ogee moulded band
3¼in. (8.3cm.) diam; 2¾in. (7cm.) high

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Owen Evan Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart Davies, Hertford, 1973. A selection of dipper cups are illustrated in plate 12 and 12A., on page 29, and discussed on page 28.

Edward H.Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Bell & Hyman, London. A selection of dipper are illustrated plate 21, and discussed in section IV, pages 37-38.

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