Ivory object
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory
Measurements
171 mm (Height); 48 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 40467.1
Summary
One of a pair of ornately turned ivory columns with a plain base and capital which are joined to the shaft by means of a screw thread. The shaft is decorated with a double helix and toothed design.
Provenance
Made by Antony Hubert Gibbs 1926, and thence owned by family members. Purchased at auction 2018.