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an early 19th century fruitwood pounce pot

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SA975270

An Early 19th Century Fruitwood Pounce Pot

£175    $234    €208
Item Number: SA975270
Date of manufacture: 19th Century
Current Status: For sale
Seller: Opus Antiques
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Description

A very good 19th century pounce pot. The saucer shaped lid has some pierced holes for sprinkling the pounce on to the ink and for collecting any unused pounce.
An early 19th century fruitwood pounce pot with a circular dished lid pierced with holes of different sizes arranged in a star pattern. It has a baluster shaped body on a turned foot.
The pounce had two functions it was shaken onto some writing surfaces like parchment to make it smooth to write on and the other use was to dry ink prior to the introduction of blotting paper c1840. After sprinkling the pounce onto the surface excess pounce was poured back into the antique treen pots via the holes in the top, hence why the top is saucer shaped to retain the precious pounce.
Own a piece of history



Declaration

This item is antique. The date of manufacture has been declared as 19th Century.


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Opus Antiques
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North Devon
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