TWO MARINE IVORY AND PIQUE DRUG CRUSHERS Y
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
£1,375
Auction: Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings & Works of Art
Description
each with a square body with carved panels depicting medical saws and tools, anchors, a unicorn, an eagle, and a cameleon chasing an insect, all outlined with pique work, with wide rounded grinding surfaces and tapered pierced square handles
Dimensions
8cm long
Footnote
Note: By repute these drug crushers were owned by a ship's doctor who served on both the HMS Eagle and HMS Unicorn
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