Burr Walnut Tea Caddy with Blue Glass Bowl, c1860
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- Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
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tea caddies, material
- other materials 140
- walnut 63
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