S/5197 Antique Treen 19th Century Birch Square Tapered Measure

An interesting French measure with an attached open handle, having a body of square and tapered form, comprising of four sections with butt joints. The front is incised 66 - M.C. and has a recessed base. The whole has a medium colour and retains a patination.

Ex Deeley Collection and illustrated in A History of Cooking Through the Ages by Robert Deeley and Philip Drury on page 132.

Sold 6 in. (15 cm.) Wide
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) Deep
6 in. (15 cm.) High
French Circa 1840