Set of twelve fruit trenchers and box. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of Mrs. Stephen S. FitzGerald. Accession number: 64.1629 Fruit trencher 1575–1600 Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.) Wood; polychromed beechwood Classification: Wood Carvings / Turnings Type, sub-type: Set of twelve fruit trenchers and box English Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Gift of Edith I. Welch (Mrs. Stuart C. Welch) in honor of Ellenor M. Alcorn and Jeffrey H. Munger Accession number: 2000.588.4 Provenance/Ownership History: Please note: The history of ownership is not definitive or comprehensive, as it is under constant review and revision by MFA curators and researchers. Until 1971, Stair & Company, Williamsburg, VA; January 22, 1071, sold by Stair & Company to Edith I. Welch (Mrs. Stuart C. Welch), Warner, NH; gift of Edith l. Welch to the MFA. (Accession date: March 22, 2000)
Set of twelve Elizabethan roundels in beechwood, one side decorated in polychrome and gold floral, leaf, fruit and scroll devices encircling quotations from the Bible, one with a Death's head; contained in turned beechwood box retaining traces of original decoration. Inscriptions: Paper squared in graphite pencil
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Slide 27 of 37. Looks like the Fitzwilliam and ROM sets, but no gilt. Center posie only on slide 27. _my son, keep yourself from all whoredom...(Tobias)_
Pictures of entire set on website: http://educators.mfa.org/objects/search?keyword=fruit+trencher&curGallery=0&search=Submit+Query&sort=&culture=&classification=
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Set of twelve fruit trenchers and box. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Bequest of Mrs. Stephen S. FitzGerald. Accession number: 64.1629
Fruit trencher
1575–1600
Overall: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Wood; polychromed beechwood
Classification: Wood Carvings / Turnings
Type, sub-type: Set of twelve fruit trenchers and box
English
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of Edith I. Welch (Mrs. Stuart C. Welch) in honor of Ellenor M. Alcorn and Jeffrey H. Munger
Accession number: 2000.588.4
Provenance/Ownership History: Please note: The history of ownership is not definitive or comprehensive, as it is under constant review and revision by MFA curators and researchers. Until 1971, Stair & Company, Williamsburg, VA; January 22, 1071, sold by Stair & Company to Edith I. Welch (Mrs. Stuart C. Welch), Warner, NH; gift of Edith l. Welch to the MFA. (Accession date: March 22, 2000)
Set of twelve Elizabethan roundels in beechwood, one side decorated in polychrome and gold floral, leaf, fruit and scroll devices encircling quotations from the Bible, one with a Death's head; contained in turned beechwood box retaining traces of original decoration.
Inscriptions: Paper squared in graphite pencil