Hand-Painted Treen Watch Stand, Lily of the Valley, c.1900
A small pocket watch rests face-out in the ring at the top, its pendant sitting in the cut at the crown, so the watch could be shown on a dresser or kept to hand overnight.
The lily of the valley runs in trailing sprays around the cradle, cream bell-flowers over green on a dark ground, and its leaves sweep across the dished foot. Behind the ring the recessed bed is lined with cream silk to cushion the watch against the wood.
The stand is turned as a single baluster stem on a wide foot. It is firm and original throughout. The painted decoration on the foot is rubbed and worn from use, the greens gone patchy, while the cradle border reads more clearly. The silk lining has worn to loose threads across the bed and is frayed and lifting at the top, below the slot. No maker's mark. It stands 100mm tall.
