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Antique Treen Spice Tower - specifically for cloves

This is an interesting piece of antique treen. Not the normal form for a spice tower, this turned lidded spice tower, turned from sycamore, was made to house only cloves. It still retains the original label on it.

It was lidded to keep it air tight to keep the spice in the best condition possible.

Cloves must have been used a lot by the owners of this piece of treen, to warrant a separate tower.

The container measures 14cm h x 4cm w.

Cloves were a popular spice in the 19th century and clove labels are often found on the traditional antique treen tiered spice towers.The cloves contain a strong anaesthetic known as eugenol which worked as an antiseptic to fight bacteria that may cause infections.It was also used to help dispel colds,as an antiseptic and to help in digestion to name just a few of its uses, besides of course being used extensively in cooking for flavour.



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ANTIQUE TREEN

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.

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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