Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day One - 5th July 2023

Lot 144

A TREEN LIGNUM VITAE AND BRASS MOUNTED MASTER SALT

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £280

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Description

A TREEN LIGNUM VITAE AND BRASS MOUNTED MASTER SALT
LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

with a shallow bowl decorated with reeding and a brass band on a knopped stem and turned foot, together with five treen pedestal cups, including: a mid-19th century ebony example with an ornamentally turned waisted bowl above a beaded stem on a spreading foot, and ash, fruitwood and possibly laburnum examples (6)
14.6cm high (max)

Provenance
The Geoffrey Chesters Collection of Treen.