AN IRISH TREEN WILLOW LAMHOG

AN IRISH TREEN WILLOW LAMHOG

LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

of tapering cylindrical form on a moulded foot, with an integral carved handle, with a paper collectors label inscribed 'Charlton Collection, KE22'

18cm high, 14cm diameter

Provenance

The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen.

Literature

For similar lamhogs see:Sotheby's, The WJ Shepherd Collection of Treen, 30th November 1983, lot 539, and Christie's, Treen for the Table: The Jonathan Levi Collection, 8th November 2006, lot 129, also Jonathan Levi, Treen for the Table, p.77, plates 4/3 and 4/4.