A fine and rare carved fruitwood or 'red walnut' mangle board, a marriage token, Friesian, dated 1636 Topped by an intricate pediment of six geometric roundels joined by cable-carved struts and curves, above a heart, the body of five roundels, all chip-carved, two with a heart crossed by arrows, the spaces between carved with the inscription, 'ANNO 1636 / WEENTIEN JANSEN / ANNITIEN PIETERS / DEN 7 JANUARY', the bottom edge of the board with partial inscription (worn) 'OP HET...HUIS', 15.5cm wide x 1cm deep x 87cm high, (6in wide x 0in deep x 34in high) Fußnoten Provenance: Purchased Diamond Mills & Co., Felixstowe, Suffolk, March 2001.
A fine and rare carved fruitwood or 'red walnut' mangle board, a marriage token, Friesian, dated 1636 Topped by an intricate pediment of six geometric roundels joined by cable-carved struts and curves, above a heart, the body of five roundels, all chip-carved, two with a heart crossed by arrows, the spaces between carved with the inscription, 'ANNO 1636 / WEENTIEN JANSEN / ANNITIEN PIETERS / DEN 7 JANUARY', the bottom edge of the board with partial inscription (worn) 'OP HET...HUIS', 15.5cm wide x 1cm deep x 87cm high, (6in wide x 0in deep x 34in high) Fußnoten Provenance: Purchased Diamond Mills & Co., Felixstowe, Suffolk, March 2001.
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