Pressing stick
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Semi-precious stone
Measurements
35 mm (Width) x 16 mm (Depth); 205 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335522
Summary
Ivory pressing stick perhaps for pressing opium. Solid, oval section, tapering. Inlaid with mother-of-pearl and semi-precious stones to imitate flowers, birds and butterflies.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.