Lot

12 x 8 x 8 cm

wood sculpture

Line and thimble holder in ebony and massive bones of the period of Napoleon II" A very unusual collector‘s piece: a reel of thread, wool, string, etc., made of solid ebony, transformed into a Barrel and decorated with plates and granules imitating bone, adorned with brass rivets. The upper part has a nipple-shaped finish. It supports a thimble, this beautiful barrel rests on a base also decorated, a beautiful work by a turner or sailor from the Napoleonic period.