An Unusual Early 19thC Provincial Painted Pine Spoon Rack & Cutlery Box c.1800 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews The Chinese also talk about

The Chinese also talk about strings or flags being used to read wind direction in writings dated to the 2nd Century B

The boxes lining is tatty but the pine is probably late nineteenth century and was possibly made for the specific housing of the mask

The company never fully recovered

set on seven shaped links

bursting with character and wonderfully unpretentious

An Unusual Early 19thC Provincial Painted Pine Spoon Rack & Cutlery Box c.1800 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews The Chinese also talk aboutOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1800 Width: 12 Height: 23. 75 Depth: 6. 5 (all at extremities) The painted pine carcass with three pronged cresting showing the wonderful original textured surface of original Georgian period pea green paint now worn and burnished to charcoal in many areas, worn thoroughly and consistently with age, having an attractive and unusual concertina shaped design, incorporating a spoon rack over