A QUEEN ANNE CEDAR AND BONE SNUFF BOX
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A QUEEN ANNE CEDAR AND BONE SNUFF BOX

DATED 1714

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A QUEEN ANNE CEDAR AND BONE SNUFF BOX
DATED 1714
Of oval form, the cover inlaid with engraved cartouches with the inscription IF YOU LOVE MEE LEND MEE NOT, enclosing a lozenge with the owner's initials R.B. 1714
3¾in. (9.5cm.) long
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Lot Essay

Comparative Literature:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hyman, London 1969. A similar example illustrated pl.357, fig.M.
Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart-Davies, Hertford 1973. An example with the same inscription is illustrated page 38 but with the earlier date of 1685.
W.J. Shepherd Collection of Treen, Sotheby's London, Wednesday 30th November and Thursday 1st December 1983, lot numbers 482 and 483.

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