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Barrel shaped ink pot by Killarney wood carvers.
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early 19th cent
Bog Oak
6cms high overall x 4.5 cms diameter
With carved pig handle on the lid, [pig with green bead eyes].
A moulded clear glass liner.
A scroll of shamrock round the barrel and on the lid. Also inscribed INK.
The background to the body has a striated texture not unlike tree bark and not a finish I have seen before from the Killarney carvers.
£120.00
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