S/5824 Antique Treen Early 18th Century French Walnut Coffee or Pepper Mill

An excellent early 18th century French walnut coffee or pepper mill, having a graduated cylindrical brass funnel with a fitted lid and winding handle. The square walnut base has a rounded and chamfered top edge and is above a frontal drawer with a brass wire ring handle. All the sides of the base and the drawer front are decorated with brass S scrolls within a narrow banded rectangular border. The base sits on a fixed brass plate and the mechanism is in full working order. The whole has a pleasing colour and good patination. The brass lid has a minor piece missing, see images.

Provenance: Desborough Collection Number 27

3½ in. (9 cm.) Wide
3½ in. (9 cm.) Deep
8¼ in. (21 cm.) High
French Circa 1720