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antique snuff box for sale opus antiques.
An unusual Scottish specimen woods sycamore wooden  snuff box.
The lid inset with eleven titled woods comprising; 'Birk of Aberfeldie, Planted by Queen Mary, Bush aboon Traquair, Elderslie Yew, Oak of Torwood, Birk of Invermay, Trysting Tree, Broom of Cowdenknows, Oak of Albway Kirk, Polwart Thorn, Queen Mary's Yew'.
The base has a  transfer 'Auld Lang Syne', words and music in wreath of thistles, slightly worn. The box is stamped vertically inside the lid 'D. Craig, Helensburgh'. Inside there is a worn ink on paper diagram detailing the woods and stating the border wood to be 'Portion of Spanish Armada Vessel Wrecked Off Tobermory'.
It measures 9cm w  x 6cm d  x 2.5cm h.

Antique Treen Specimen Snuff Box

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    We first became involved in Antique Treen and furniture some twenty five years ago and since then a passion for Treen, small wooden snuff boxes and decorative wooden items has developed into Opus Antiques.


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    ANTIQUE TREEN
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    ​The word Treen is derived from the word tree and is a term used to describe wooden household objects, all turned from one piece of wood e.g. a bowl, plate, gingerbread mould, and spoons, always having a function.

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    Nowadays when we talk about Antique Treen it tends to cover all small wooden items including antique snuff boxes, candle stands, spice towers, etc. often made from several pieces of turned wood.

     

    When a piece of wood has been painstakingly turned or carved, handled, polished and loved over a few hundred years old, it can develop a wonderful colour and patina and becomes an irresistible piece of Antique Treen.

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