Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 87
A TREEN BOXWOOD PRIMITIVE FIGURAL NUTCRACKER
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £3000
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Description
A TREEN BOXWOOD PRIMITIVE FIGURAL NUTCRACKER
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY
with a lever action, in the form of a faun-like man with a flat face and pointed ears, sporting a bow tie with a frock coat and breaches
19.8cm high
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
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.