The Age of Oak - 9th April 2025

Lot 177

A VICTORIAN PINE CHURCH WARDEN'S PIPE CRADLE

Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £63

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Description

A VICTORIAN PINE CHURCH WARDEN'S PIPE CRADLE

LATE 19TH CENTURY

the hood with a pierced rim, on rockers, together with a clay pipe and other pipe bowls

21.5cm high, 37cm long 17.5cm wide

Provenance

The Howard Collection of Oak and Works of Art.

Literature

See E.H. Pinto, 'Treen and other Wooden By-gones' , illus. 352 and p.338 for a similar cradle.