S/2030 Antique Treen Boxwood Spice Flask

A lovely boxwood spice flask in three sections, having a well turned baluster shaped body with a threaded shaped finial enclosing five small holes. The base also unscrews and has a turned and moulded foot. The whole has a good honey colour and fine patination.

Similar ones are illustrated in the Shepherd Collection and 'Treen for the Table' by J. Levi on page 108.

Sold 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) High
2¼ in. (6 cm.) Diameter French Circa 1800