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A Georgian Treen Searce
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A Georgian Treen Searce

18th century
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A Georgian treen searce used for sifting powder.  This example has a lovely ripple moulded  rim with ring turning and chip carved decoration.edge. The searce  unscrews in the middle and still retains its metal wire mesh. 

 Antique treen searces were used for sifting powders mainly for apothecaries, the sieved powder would then be made into a paste for pills. Antique searces consists of a semi circular bowl to the top this should have a metal perforated mesh in its central lower section which will let the sieved powder to pass through to the base. The base is hollow it unscrews and the powder can be retrieved. These antique treen searces are particularly rare to find.

c1760/80

It measures 12cm w x 7cm h.

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Opus Antiques has dated this Georgian Treen Wooden Searce to the Georgian era.

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A Georgian treen searce used for sifting powder.  This example has a lovely ripple moulded  rim with ring turning and chip carved decoration.edge. The searce  unscrews in the middle and still retains its metal wire mesh. 
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 Antique treen searces were used for sifting powders mainly for apothecaries, the sieved powder would then be made into a paste for pills.
Opus Antiques

Antique searces consists of a semi circular bowl to the top this should have a metal perforated mesh in its central lower section which will let the sieved powder to pass through to the base. The base is hollow it unscrews and the powder can be retrieved. These antique treen searces are particularly rare to find.

c1760/80

It measures 12cm w x 7cm h.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Georgian Treen Wooden Searce to the Georgian era.

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A small turned warm brown wooden Georgian searce with a carved wavy rim, pedestal base, and perforated strainer bottom.
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Archive I A small turned warm brown wooden Georgian searce with a carved wavy rim, pedestal base, and perforated strainer bottom.

A Georgian Treen Searce

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A small turned warm brown wooden Georgian searce with a carved wavy rim, pedestal base, and perforated strainer bottom.
A Georgian Treen Searce
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A small turned warm brown wooden Georgian searce with a carved wavy rim, pedestal base, and perforated strainer bottom.
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A treen searce is a small, hand-turned wooden strainer or sieve traditionally used in 18th and 19th-century households for sifting flour, straining tea, or filtering wine.

These items were usually turned on a lathe from dense native hardwoods such as fruitwood, boxwood, sycamore, or beech, often incorporating a perforated metal or horn insert at the base.

Authentic pieces generally display subtle asymmetry from wood shrinkage over time, hand-lathe turning marks, a rich original patina, and smooth wear patterns around hand-handled areas.

Small treen objects function well as decorative accent pieces when displayed on open kitchen shelving, console tables, or curated inside glass display cabinets alongside other folk art.

Keep treen out of direct sunlight and away from central heating sources to prevent cracking; clean gently with a dry soft cloth and nourish the timber occasionally with a high-grade beeswax.
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