Book holder
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Dalbergia nigra, Rosewood [dalbergia nigra], Sycamore
Measurements
25 x 335 x 155 mm
Order this imageCollection
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 546200
Summary
Tunbridge Ware rosewood extending book holder. Rectangular ends with canted top corners. Outer surface of one end inlaid with cube pattern and tessellated border. Outer surface of other end inlaid with sycamore field, itself inlaid with two birds perched on branches. Ends screwed to three part base, extending in both directions.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in Miss Ward's will in 1994.