Why are Antique Treen Tinder boxes difficult to find?
Antique treen/ wooden tinder boxes are quite rare ...why? A tinder box was used to store steel, flint and dried tinder, these were...
Antique Treen Knitting Sheaths - what are they?
An antique knitting sheath was a holder where one end of a needle was placed and then the sheath was tucked into a belt worn around the...
Antique Treen Lamhogs what are they?
A Lamhog is an Irish ceremonial drinking vessel used in taverns and usually made of willow with an integral carved handle called a lug....
Antique Welsh Treen Items, take a closer look ......
Have a look at these lovely Welsh antique sugar tongs, image 1 and 2, these treen sugar tongs are often thought of as love tokens,...
Treen, treen glorious antique treen
The word treen comes from the word tree, it literally means "of a tree'. Today antique treen should strictly be used to describe small...
Antique Treen Candle Stools or Dresser Stools?
Have you ever seen a small antique stool with turned legs, too small to sit on or put your feet on and wonder what it was used for?...
Antique Candle Boxes
No two antique candle boxes are the same, differing in size, timbers, inlay, shape of the backboards, secret drawers, side openings...
Antique Spice Towers - look closely at the labels!
In a previous blog on spice towers I mentioned that when antique spice towers were bought they would have been blank, with no labels....
Little Pots of Treasure - Antique Treen Pounce Pots
I am frequently asked what a pounce pot is for, these pots were used to store pounce which was a fine ground powder made initially from ...
Antique Treen Boxes
What a diverse area Antique treen boxes cover! The modern definition of a box is a container with a flat base, sides typically square or...
