£110
A rare George III mural oak knife board, circa 1800
The long narrow backplate with arched cresting pierced for hanging, and designed for stropping (cleaning/polishing) a knife edge, the small integral box below, with pin hinged sloping lid, having have held grit/emery and grease for polishing, height 86.5cm, width 11.5cm, depth 11cm
Literature: See E. H. Pinto, Treen and Other Wooden Bygones (1985), p. 151. This example is rare to be made in oak, rather than pine
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