An Unusual 19thC Treen Carved & Hand Painted Folk Art Love Token in the Form of a Hand Saw sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The lozenge shaped bird quarry

The lozenge shaped bird quarry is the earliest piece and does have some cracks but does not suffer any loss

from a four-tile design having stylised acorn leaves

Art Nouveau is like the baroque style in that it is theatrical and often borrows the principle asymmetry from Japanese art

and by 1978 the brand had all but disappeared

the two front central panels composed of a divided roundel with a sun and three flower motifs

An Unusual 19thC Treen Carved & Hand Painted Folk Art Love Token in the Form of a Hand Saw sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The lozenge shaped bird quarryOrigin: British Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1883 Length: 19. 25 inches Height: 5. 5 inches (at maximum) Depth: 1. 25 inches (at maximum) The nave and primitive love token, in the form of a wooden carved handle and blade with hand painted carved gilt initials E. C and F. S amongst forest green painted vine leaves, dated below in gilt to 1883. The reverse is both plain, flat and unmarked. Condition is excellent, with the