Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020

Lot 58

FIVE BONE APPLE CORERS SOME PROBABLY PRISONER OF WAR

Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £250

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Description

FIVE BONE APPLE CORERS

SOME PROBABLY PRISONER OF WAR, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

carved from knuckle bones, including: one with polychrome dot decoration with an urn of flowers, the reverse with initials 'H. W', one carved with love hearts, two with hatched decoration and one inscribed 'A Gift' (5)

15.7cm long (max)

Provenance

'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.