LATE 17TH CENTURY

Details

A WILLIAM AND MARY FRUITWOOD SPILL-VASE
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Of slightly waisted form with ribbing, with A.J. Levi collection label inscribed '633'
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; 2 in. (5 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Bought from Eldridge of London, Farringdon Road.
Jonathan Levi collection, Christie's South Kensington, 8 November 2006, lot 93.

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Lot Essay

Pinto notes: 'apart from paper, spills were made either of flat slivers of wood, or rolls of curled shavings. The flat slivers, or 'spelk' were cut on a spelk plane, the same tool which was used for spelk basket making' (E. Pinto, Treen and other wooden bygones, London, 1969, p. 111 & pl. 116).

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