AN 18TH CENTURY DANISH CARVED BEECHWOOD MANGLE BOARD

of tapered triangular shape, with initials and date 1771 above five graduated roundels, 78cm high x 12cm wide

The collection of the late Stephen Reginald Topp Wicks - an Isle of Purbeck life-long collector and dealer, selling all manner of eclectic and curious items from his Boscombe shop.

Provenance: By family descent via the vendor’s Danish mother.

A similar example illustrated Uldall, Af Kai - ‘Dansk Folkekunst’ published by Thaning & Appels Forlag, Copenhagen 1963, p. 268.