"Wedding Ivory Tobacco Rasp Mounted On A Wooden Base Made Circa 1720/1730"
A finely carved wedding ivory tobacco rasp depicting a couple on a pilgrimage to Compostela. At the top, a medallion with the coat of arms of France (three fleurs-de-lis in a wreath of leaves) under the fringes of a canopy.
In the centre, a couple in period costume with two shells on the gentleman's cloak.
At the bottom, two flaming hearts surrounded by various plant motifs and St Jacques shells, a symbol of pilgrimage.
This ‘open’ tobacco rasp was later (in the 19th century) mounted on a wooden base to preserve the memory of this union.
Dimensions: - height of the whole: 27 cm - total height of the rasp: 18 cm.
France datable around 1720/1730.
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