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Description

This is an antique C19th treen pap boat, beautifully carved on the top with with foliage and the the word 'Grindelwald', a Swiss village, and on the base is a carved leaf. It has a well shaped handle.

Pap boats were shallow boat-shaped feeding vessels used in the 17th century to the 19th century to feed semi-liquid food know as 'pap' to infants, invalids or the elderly.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Carved Wooden Pap Boat to the 19th Century.

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SA1112973

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Pap boats were shallow boat-shaped feeding vessels used in the 17th century to the 19th century to feed semi-liquid food know as 'pap' to infants, invalids or the elderly.

Opus Antiques

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Carved Wooden Pap Boat to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

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SA1112973

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Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing

ObjectTreen and Wooden Vessels
Period19th century
StyleBlack Forest Folk Art
MaterialHardwood, Treen
ColourWarm Brown
MotifsRelief floral carving, Lettering inscription, Acorn and leaf motifs, Ergonomic pouring lip

FAQs

A pap boat is a small historical vessel with a lip, traditionally used in medical and domestic contexts to feed soft foods, liquids, or medicinal broths to invalids, infants, or the elderly.

Pap boats were crafted from various materials including silver, ceramic, pewter, and treen, which refers to small domestic wooden objects carved from dense hardwoods like boxwood, fruitwood, or maple.

Authentic pieces exhibit natural timber shrinkage, tool marks from hand-carving, a warm patination built from handling over centuries, and wear consistent with age rather than artificial distressing.

Antique treen can be displayed on bookshelves, sideboards, or inside glass cabinets as sculptural objects that introduce organic warmth, texture, and historical interest to contemporary spaces.

Preserve antique treen by keeping it away from direct sunlight, maintaining stable indoor humidity to prevent wood splitting, and occasionally treating the surface with microcrystalline wax rather than liquid polish.