• Seward Kennedy's Cabinet of Cu auction at Christies

    Sale 13757

    Seward Kennedy's Cabinet of Curiosities and The Tony Robinson Collection of Treen Drinking Vessels

    London, South Kensington

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    22 November 2016

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    • A FRUITWOOD GOBLET
    Lot 312

    A FRUITWOOD GOBLET

    ENGLAND, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 4,000

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A FRUITWOOD GOBLET
    ENGLAND, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
    Of thistle-shape
    6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high; 3 ½ in. (9 cm.) diameter

    Provenance

    The John Fardon Collection; sold Christie's, London, 1 May 1996, lot 17.
    The Jonathan Levi Collection; sold Christie's, London, 8 November 2006, lot 184.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    V. Chinnery, Oak Furniture The British Tradition, London, 1979. p 259, pl. 3/71.
    J. Levi, Treen for the Table, London, 1998, p. 56.


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