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About this Item
A treen lignum vitae bilboquet, 19th century
the ball mounted on a turned double baluster stem, 13,5cm high; a treen lignum vitae dice box, 19th century, in the form of a top hat, enclosing bone dice, 4,5cm high; a treen fruitwood ring holder, 19th century, the centre with a ring-turned spire support, 9cm high; a treen fruitwood domino box, 19th century, rectangular, with sliding cover, enclosing bone dominos, the cover split, 5,4cm wide; a treen propelling pencil, 19th century, in the form of bellows, 4,8cm long; a treen love token, 19th century, the arched wedge handle with glazed compartment inset with a paper dedication, lacking handle, 17,5cm long; and three treen stained fruitwood birds, 19th century, in sizes, one with broken neck and wing, the largest 14,5cm long
Provenance
From the Late Lady Ina Oppenheimer Blue Bird Farm Collection.