Lot 20
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A Welsh fruitwood chain-linked knitting sheath and hook
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A Welsh fruitwood chain-linked knitting sheath and hook

PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY

Details
A Welsh fruitwood chain-linked knitting sheath and hook
Probably late 18th century
With 'bird cage' intersections housing spheres, and with incised geometric ornament
14in. (35cm.) long
Provenance
Purchased from Holloway Auctions, Banbury Oxfordshire, 6 April 1993. Levi Collection number 445.
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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart Davies, Hertford England, 1973. Page 142, pl.54, fig's.Z & Zb. Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. Pages 305-309, pl's.322 & 324. The W.J. Shepherd Collection of Treen, Sotheby's London, Wednesday 30th November and Thursday 1st December 1983, lot 901, illustrated.

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