A LOVELY PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY CARVED TREEN WOOD NUTCRACKERS,...

Hammer

£3,000

A LOVELY PAIR OF 18TH CENTURY CARVED TREEN WOOD NUTCRACKERS, formed as a male with a large chin, bearing an X mark upon his head ware. 15 cm long. Note: The first wooden nutcrackers were simply two pieces of wood fastened together by a leather strap or metal hinge. By the 15th and 16th century, wood carvers in France and England were creating beautiful wooden nutcrackers. They used the wood from their locality, but preferred boxwood because of its fine grain and uniform colour. Many of these delicately carved nutcrackers can be seen in the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum.