Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 8th January 2020
Lot 76
A primitive treen lever-action figural nutcracker
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £4600
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Description
A primitive treen lever-action figural nutcracker, probably walnut, in the form of a man wearing a helmet or with stylised hair and a flat face, with punched flowers and foliate decoration, late 17th / early 18th century, 15cm long.
See Woolley & Wallis, Furniture and Works of Art, 6th July 2016, lots 51, 54 and 55 and 4th July 2018 lot 66 for similar examples. Also, Jonathan Levi, Treen for the Table, p.168 pl.12/23 for a similar nutcracker.