This is a 19th century boxwood humming top with a launcher probably not the original. It has inscribed on the outside in ink G Gordon and may well have belonged to General Gordon of Khartoum.
It was purchased in the 1960s from the Gordons home in Cheltenham from a relative.
It measures 9.5cm h.
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The word Treen is derived from the word tree and is a term used to describe wooden household objects, all turned from one piece of wood e.g. a bowl, plate, gingerbread mould, and spoons, always having a function.
Nowadays when we talk about Antique Treen it tends to cover all small wooden items including antique snuff boxes, candle stands, spice towers, etc. often made from several pieces of turned wood.
When a piece of wood has been painstakingly turned or carved, handled, polished and loved over a few hundred years old, it can develop a wonderful colour and patina and becomes an irresistible piece of Antique Treen.
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