Solid Lignum Vitae with Fine Rose Engine Turning
English, c.1620
4.75" high
4.00" in diameter
(Ref: 33/46)
Provenance: Anthony Tabor (A.T) Collection
Literature: Comparative Literature: E.H. Pinto, 'Treen and Other Wooden Bygones', G.Bell and Sons, London 1969, Plate 26, Item G.
Domestic engine turned goblets of this type are extremly rare and this is a finely worked early example.
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