Mark started his business in 1996, and his speciality is in 17th Century / 18th Century Antique Oak & Country Furniture, Antique Metalware, Antique Treen, Delftware, & Early English Pottery.
A former member of BADA from 2006 to 2019, Mark has exhibited at all the major English Antique Fairs, which have included the BADA Fair, The June & November Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair, Art Antiques London, held in a marquee in Kensington Gardens, and also the largest quality fair in the Midlands, the NEC "Antiques For Everyone" in Birmingham.
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Bedfordshire, UK
Antique 18th Century Treen Boxwood Pipe Tamper in the Form of Coursing Greyhound - English
REF: MS 8584 / LA585986
£345
€402
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Description
An early example of an 18th Century pipe tamper in the form of a coursing greyhound with its prey.... the brown hare.... it is beautifully carved out of one piece of boxwood with a very fine colour you get with "aged" boxwood and a pleasing form... in excellent condition apart from a small part of the greyhound's tail is missing, albeit from a long time ago.
English circa 1770-1780. For a similar example and further reference see 300 years of Tobacco Stoppers by Alistair Leslie.
measurements
Height:
8.9 cm
Width:
4.6 cm
Depth:
1.3 cm
declaration
Mark Seabrook Antiques has clarified that the Antique 18th Century Treen Boxwood Pipe Tamper in the Form of Coursing Greyhound - English (LA585986) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being 1770-1780
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Date of Manufacture:
1770-1780
location
This Antique 18th Century Treen Boxwood Pipe Tamper in the Form of Coursing Greyhound - English is located in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
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