A Rare 18thC English Tavern Leather Ale Vessel c.1760 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles enclosing a stone ball

enclosing a stone ball

The proportions and enclosed form suggest this was more likely conceived as a freestanding food cupboard or small housekeeper’s cupboard

Height: 40”

Some thirty years ago

A Rare 18thC English Tavern Leather Ale Vessel c.1760 sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles enclosing a stone ballOrigin: English Period: George II III Provenance: Aspley House, Aspley Guise, Buckinghamshire, England Date: c. 1760 Diameter: 10. 5 at spout Height: 6 The very scarce and interesting burnished leather ale vessel of studded near circular form with wooden base, the seam forming a pouring spout, and formerly of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, Buckinghamshire, England. Condition is fine, with the leather having taken on a beautiful honest patina, with the