Sold 16 March 2026 · Opus Antiques

This “Antique Treen Darton's Pocket Tablet Scroll” found a buyer.

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This early 1800's Tunbridge piece, is a Darton's pocket tablet housed in a Tunbridge Ware cylindrical container. Decorated with painted line decoration. The finial at the top winds the pages in and out. The scrolls contains various facts and figures from heights of mountains to populations etc.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Treen Pocket Tablet to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

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SA1104370

Dealers Notes

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Description

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Treen Pocket Tablet to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

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SA1104370

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Opus Antiques

Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2014

Antique treen, boxes & decorative georgian items

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Opus Antiques

Telephone 07941 285 532

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North Devon
United Kingdom

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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing

ObjectTreen & Curiosities
Period18th century
StyleGeorgian
MaterialWood, Paper
ColourWarm Brown
MotifsTurned wood finial, Linear turned banding, Printed textual scroll

FAQs

Pocket tablet scrolls, often produced by publishers such as Darton during the Georgian era, were portable educational devices designed to teach history, geography, and science to young learners through unrolling timelines and text.

These items typically feature turned wooden treen containers crafted from boxwood, fruitwood, or maple, housing a continuous paper scroll printed with copperplate engravings and text, often hand-coloured.

Authenticity is determined by the quality of the turned woodwork, period-correct typography, rag paper stock with appropriate watermarks, and traditional publisher attribution marks characteristic of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

This piece works effectively as a cabinet of curiosities display object, positioned on a bookshelf or desk where its historical texture and intricate craftsmanship can be appreciated up close.

To preserve both the wood and the delicate paper scroll, keep the object away from direct sunlight, maintain stable room humidity, and handle the paper minimally to prevent tearing or oil transfer.