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...
The Humble Antique Treen Straw Splitter
The making of straw hats goes back to the 14th century. What started as a cottage industry developed into a large scale industry in the...
Antique Treen Teetotum Gambling Balls – 1600s to 1700s
A teetotum was a many faceted spinning top with each side numbered, similar to a dice but if made true there was an equal chance of any...
Antique Treen Apple Scoops and Corers
Apple scoops or corers date back to the Roman times where simple bone ones ( made from sheep shanks) have been found in numerous...
Antique Treen - Ten facts about Jigsaws
1. The earliest jigsaw which has survived intact was made in 1766 in London it was a dissected map of Europe. 2. Jigsaws were initially...
Antique Treen and Straw Work Noah's Ark & Animals
This lovely flat bottomed wooden and straw work Noah's Ark with 39 wooden animals and people. probably originated from the Erzgebirge...
