An Example of Ornamental Turning by Lady Gertrude
I recently came across an interesting and unusual piece of antique treen a ribbon or tape dispenser, beautifully turned from lignum...
Antique Treen Mealey Beg
An antique treen Mealey Beg is another name for a two piece butter bowl Usually these Mealey Begs are turned from sycamore which was a...
A Folding Pocket Microscope
William Withering was a doctor, chemist, geologist and a botanist living in the 1700's. He is perhaps best known for his use of Foxglove...
An Antique Rushlight Box
It's not every day you find a rushlight box in fact there are very few around, particularly ones in mahogany. Rushlights were mainly used...
Antique Painted Tunbridge Ware
Tunbridge Wells was a destination for people to visit the spa waters which were considered to be good for your health. Souvenir items...
Three Antique Treen Spice Boxes
Three antique treen spice boxes all different in style but all for the storage of valuable spice. The one on the LHS is an 18th century...
Antique treen salts
Salt and its receptacle date back to Roman times. Salt was expensive and considered a bit of a luxury. In fact the latin word salarium...
Glorious Antique Treen Knitting Sheaths
Hand knitting was very important in the 18thand 19thcentury particularly in Wales, Northern England, Highlands and Shetland where it...
Three Dated Antique Treen Nutcrackers
Three English 18th century antique treen lever nutcrackers. The one on the lhs is the earliest and is dated 1760 to the inside of the...
A Collection of Antique Treen Snuff Shoe Boxes
These small antique snuff boxes in the shape of shoes are a collectors field in their own right, Many different styles, woods and sizes...
