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A willow lamhog or piggin
of typical form, the loop handle carved from the solid, the body with reeded bands of ornament, Irish, late 17th/early 18th century -- 6 7/8in. (17.5cm) high
See Illustration.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Bell & Hyman, London 1969. Page 55, similar examples illustrated plate 44.

Owen Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood, Stobart Davies, Hertford 1973. Page 31, similar examples illustrated plates 19 & 20.

For a comparative example see Sotheby's the W.J. Shepherd Collection of Treen, 30 November 1983, lot 539.

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