A BOXWOOD LEVER ACTION NUTCRACKER
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A BOXWOOD LEVER ACTION NUTCRACKER

16TH CENTURY

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A BOXWOOD LEVER ACTION NUTCRACKER
16TH CENTURY
The carved head, possibly representing a French monarch, above the French Royal coat-of-arms, inscribed 'NO PARTIE TAKE HE THAT IS WILLING PEACE FOR TO MAKE MUST BE IN DIFFERENT AND .. ' to the handles, the reverse carved with a zoomorphic beast
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
来源
With A. & E. Foster, Naphill, Buckinghamshire, November 1991.
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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For an example carved with similar French royal arms and head see Edward Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, London, 1968, section IV, pl. 69, fig. A.