LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH WALNUT CLAY PIPE CASE
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Carved in the form of a mermaid, the sliding lid with three swords above an inscription 'AYMEZ LOYAULTE'
10 in. (25.5 cm.) long

来源

With A. & E. Foster, Naphill, Buckinghamshire, December 1993.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Early surviving examples of elaborately carved treen pipe cases that typically feature sliding lids and designed with forward sloping bowls date from the late 17th/early 18th century. For further discussion see Edward Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, London, 1969, p. 334-5, pl. 354.