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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
Provenance
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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Lot Essay

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

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