Auctioneer's gavel
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Dalbergia nigra, Rosewood [dalbergia nigra]
Measurements
257 x 118 x 43 mm
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Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
NT 549374
Summary
Rosewood gavel, hull-shaped head with square end, shaped brass inlay, turned baluster handle with annular ring and acorn knop end. Handwritten label, inscribed 'Auctioneers gavel, see on auction advert 2.75 C Careful brass pawn raised Pawn can...'.
Provenance
An item from the Pamela Ward Collection, left to the National Trust in the will of Miss Ward in 1994
Marks and inscriptions
Auctioneers gavel, see on auction advert £2.75 C Careful brass pawn raised Pawn can... (label)