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A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED BOXWOOD CUTLERY SHEATH
A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED BOXWOOD CUTLERY SHEATH
A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED BOXWOOD CUTLERY SHEATH
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A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED BOXWOOD CUTLERY SHEATH

PROBABLY FLEMISH OR GERMAN AND BY THE MAKER 'W.G.W', DATED 1587

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A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED BOXWOOD CUTLERY SHEATH
PROBABLY FLEMISH OR GERMAN AND BY THE MAKER 'W.G.W', DATED 1587
Intricately carved overall with biblical scenes surmounted by a head of a lady, the Twelve Apostles to either side, the head of a woman pierced for suspension and vacant shield above the finial, each Apostle numbered and inscribed '1587' and with initials 'W.O.W'
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
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With A. & E. Foster, Naphill, Buckinghamshire, December 1992.
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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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For further discussion on carved sheaths bearing the initials 'W.G?.W.' dating from 1566 to 1615 see Edward Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, London, 1969, p. 73, pl. 64.
A similar example dated 1581 is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, No. W.67-1923