A rare Elizabeth I painted sycamore roundel or trencher case, circa 1590


Of waisted form, and carved with bands of decoration, the underside branded with a triad of three initials, and with an inked inventory number 'HM.409' (twice), the underside of the cover also inked with an indistinct inscription and with an old indistinct collection label, 17.5cm base diameter x 8cm high
|Provenance:Syd Levethan CollectionSold Christie's, 'Syd Levethan: The Longridge Collection', London, 10 - 11 June 2010, Lot 1277See O. Evan-Thomas, Domestic Utensils of Wood (1992), p. 45, Plate 45, where a standing cup rests upon an almost identical trencher case, and is decorated with the same bands of geometric ornament.