A RARE SET OF TWELVE ELIZABETHAN CIRCULAR SYCAMORE TRENCHERS...

Hammer

£14,000

A RARE SET OF TWELVE ELIZABETHAN CIRCULAR SYCAMORE TRENCHERS, each one painted with a central verse and naturalistic floral and foliate borders contained in a turned wooden lacquered box with pen inscription ‘R Mantell’ .
NB. There is modern handwritten note inside suggesting that they are from 16th Century Stockton House, Nr Salisbury. 15cms

Note: For a similar set of twelve see Sothebys Lot 1 of Furniture Clocks and Works of Art 18th May 2021.

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Lid with fracture going through to the topside and traces of old glue on the interior, base with single woodworm hole. On the trenchers there is some variation/degradation in the paint finish most likely due to shrinkage in the bitumen content and this shows on the acorns and flowers. General overall condition is good with wear and scratches as might be expected, one has a wavy warp, one has been repaired and has a zig-zag line across the top quarter of the disc, two have old pencil inscriptions on the back. There may have been some cleaning in the past.