Box and lid (W11)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

David Pye

Title

Box and lid

Made in

Tidebrook

Date

1976

Description

Round, turned wood box with a screw on lid, with fine cuts spiralling from the centre top of the lid.

Materials and techniques

Kingwood. The screw-on lid carved with fine radiating flutes. The decoration on the lid is cut by a graver directed by a lever. (Technique invented in 1976 by the maker).

Dimensions

height:  3cm
diameter:  6.5cm

Object number

W11

Category