What woods was treen made from?

Sycamore leads, named in 100 titles, and it's the wood behind most dairy and food wares because it's pale and close-grained. Fruitwood follows in 81 titles, a catch-all for cherry, apple, pear and similar. Boxwood appears in 53 titles and concentrates in small tools and pocket pieces. Lignum vitae, in 34, is the dense import used for mortars, mallets and smoothers. Mahogany, beech and oak fill out the rest.

How old is most antique treen?

The 19th century dominates. It's the dated field on 729 listings, with 123 given as 18th century, 98 as Georgian and 37 as Victorian, labels that overlap the same span. Seventeenth-century pieces are scarce in the record, at 10 listings. The dated field across the category runs from 1680 to 1950.

Why are knitting sheaths so common?

They were personal objects, made and kept in numbers, and 55 titles name one. Forms include goosewing, gull-wing, fish and shoe. Decoration varies from punchwork to bone and brass inlay, and some carry a name and a year cut by the owner.

What counts as Welsh or Scottish treen?

Welsh appears in 60 titles and Scottish in 47, the strongest regional voices after plain English. Wales brings lovespoons, spoon racks, cawl bowls and dairy bowls. Scotland brings quaichs, in 23 titles, along with bickers, luggies and powder horns.

Are any treen makers named?

No. A pass for maker names across 1,171 listings returned nothing, so treen is described by wood, form, region and date instead of by workshop. What stands in for a maker's mark is an owner's inscription. The word dated appears in 41 titles, with initials and years from the 1740s through to 1909.

How much treen comes up for sale?

Around 130 pieces a year come to market on Sellingantiques, listed by 91 different dealers. That spread tells you something. It's a category almost every general dealer touches rather than a specialist corner.

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Treen is the collective name for small wooden things made for the house, the dairy, the trade bench and the pocket: bowls, salts, moulds, knitting sheaths, mortars and the rest.

18th century

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Georgian Fruitwood Cheese Coaster

From Thakeham Furniture

£750

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Early 20th Century Engraved Scandinavian Spoon

1900 - 1920

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Early 20th Century Engraved Scandinavian Spoon

From Earl and Rymer

£120

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18th century

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Treen Fruitwood Campana Urn

From Baggott & Co.

£395

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A Rare and Delightful Carved Wood Nut Cracker

19th century

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A Rare and Delightful Carved Wood Nut Cracker

From Gerard Robinson Fine Art and Antiques

£185

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18th century

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18th C Walnut Mortar

From Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares

£210

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An Antique Treen Nutmeg Grater- in the Shape of a Wine Bottle

19th century

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An Antique Treen Nutmeg Grater- in the Shape of a Wine Bottle

From Opus Antiques

£275

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An Antique Treen Boxwood Teachers Clicker

19th century

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An Antique Treen Boxwood Teachers Clicker

From Opus Antiques

£135

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19th century

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19th Century Treen Stethascope

From Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

£120

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19th century

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Antique English Sycamore Dairy Bowl.

From Heathcote Antiques - S.A Webster

£110

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19th century

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19th Century Turned Walnut "Treen" Bowl

From Carse Antiques

£100

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After plain English, Welsh and Scottish are the regional names used most for treen on Sellingantiques, bringing quaichs, luggies, cawl bowls and lovespoons with them.

An Antique Treen Heart Shaped Biscuit Cutter- Love Token

19th century

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An Antique Treen Heart Shaped Biscuit Cutter- Love Token

From Opus Antiques

£490

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19th century

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19th Century Durham Knitting Sheath

From Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

£195

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19th century

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An Antique Treen Bird Call - Mpigeon

From Opus Antiques

£100

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18th century

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A Rare and Interesting 18th Century Central European Stag Horn Love Spoon

From Gerard Robinson Fine Art and Antiques

£245

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17th century

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17th Century Turned Lignum-vitae Mortar

From Baggott & Co.

£1,250

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19th century

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Late 19th Century Sycamore Dairy Bowl with Lovely Warm Patina

From LVS Decorative Arts

£325

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Antique Treen

Georgian Fruitwood Cheese Coaster

Early 20th Century Engraved Scandinavian Spoon

Treen Fruitwood Campana Urn

A Rare and Delightful Carved Wood Nut Cracker

18th C Walnut Mortar

An Antique Treen Nutmeg Grater- in the Shape of a Wine Bottle

An Antique Treen Boxwood Teachers Clicker

19th Century Treen Stethascope

Antique English Sycamore Dairy Bowl.

19th Century Turned Walnut "Treen" Bowl

An Antique Treen Heart Shaped Biscuit Cutter- Love Token

19th Century Durham Knitting Sheath

An Antique Treen Bird Call - Mpigeon

A Rare and Interesting 18th Century Central European Stag Horn Love Spoon

17th Century Turned Lignum-vitae Mortar

Late 19th Century Sycamore Dairy Bowl with Lovely Warm Patina

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