Lot 167

A Late 19th/Early 20th Century Staved Wash Tub or Keeler of shallow circular form with sloping sides and two extended opposing staves serving as handles, banded in two metal hoops, one a replacement, 17¼ in (44 cm) wide, 6¼ in (16 cm) deep. A good 19th century iron bound oak piggin of traditional tapering form; one stave projecting above the rim as a handle, 6 in (15.3 cm) high to rim, 9½ in (24 cm) in diameter. A good George IV cylindrical oak bentwood Imperial Measure, probably for grain, with a nailed lapped join to one side, branded twice ‘Crown / GR / IV’ and ‘IMPERIAL’ and incised with initials ‘JS’, 4? in (11.7 cm) deep, 9¾ in (24.7 cm) in diameter. [The keeler and piggin are both originally from a 19th century North Antrim farmstead; see ‘Treen and Other Wooden Bygones’ by Edward H. Pinto pl. 151 & 152 and pl. 156; for measure see pl. 301 and p. 281]

Sold for: £170

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Description

A Late 19th/Early 20th Century Staved Wash Tub or Keeler of shallow circular form with sloping sides and two extended opposing staves serving as handles, banded in two metal hoops, one a replacement, 17¼ in (44 cm) wide, 6¼ in (16 cm) deep. A good 19th century iron bound oak piggin of traditional tapering form; one stave projecting above the rim as a handle, 6 in (15.3 cm) high to rim, 9½ in (24 cm) in diameter. A good George IV cylindrical oak bentwood Imperial Measure, probably for grain, with a nailed lapped join to one side, branded twice ‘Crown / GR / IV’ and ‘IMPERIAL’ and incised with initials ‘JS’, 4? in (11.7 cm) deep, 9¾ in (24.7 cm) in diameter. [The keeler and piggin are both originally from a 19th century North Antrim farmstead; see ‘Treen and Other Wooden Bygones’ by Edward H. Pinto pl. 151 & 152 and pl. 156; for measure see pl. 301 and p. 281]