Antique Treen 18th Century Pear Wood Chopping Board with Attached Blade

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Object Description

An excellent and rare culinary item in solid pear wood, having a board initialled three times M.M. that has a protruding handle and suspension hole, above a well used octagonal surface with a surrounding sectioned gallery, containing a full length hinged chopping knife with a fruitwood handle. The whole has a most excellent colour and patination.

Object History

Ex Deeley collection

Object Literature

Illustrated in A History of Cooking Through the Ages by Robert Deeley and Philip Drury on page 92.

Object Details

  • dimensions
    W:11 in. (28 cm.) x H:2ΒΌ in. (6 cm.) x D:20 in. (51 cm.) inches
  • country
  • year
    Circa 1780

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