Lot 417
417
A pearwood spoon

Details
A pearwood spoon
the handle carved with the figure of a young woman, formerly holding something in her hands, above a stiff-leaf carved band and open spiral section, restored, Swiss, early 18th century -- 7in. (17.8cm) long; a treen tobacco stopper, pierced and carved in the round with native figures, the finial modelled as a head, 18th century; and a treen silk winder and combined bodkin (3)
Further details
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The Next Sale of
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is scheduled for March 1996

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Item 1.Edward H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones, Bell and Hymann, London, 1976. Section IV, page 86, plate 82, fig. N.
Item 2.As above, pages 343-5, comparative example plates 358-9.

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