A fine quality Pollard oak neoclassical wine cooler, English…
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A fine quality pollard oak neoclassical wine cooler, English circa 1820, 65 cm high, 92 cm wide, 58 cm deep

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  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Pollard Oak - Pollard oak, used in furniture manufacture in the 18th and 19th centuries, is harvested from an oak tree that has been regularly pollarded, that is the top has been regularly lopped to stimulate fresh growth. The new shoots results in a burr displaying in the timber.

    The process of producing pollard oak from an oak tree was laborious and time had to be allowed for th tree to grow, so the timber was scarce and expensive.
  • Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.

    Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,

    Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.

    Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.

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