Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 10

Large Antique Hand Hewn Tree Trunk Barrel with Lid

About the Item

A 19th Century hand hewn tree trunk storage barrel with lid. This large lidded barrel has oodles of character. The organic shape of the barrel retains the shape of the tree from which it was hewn, including the crotch or plume that can be seen on both the exterior and interior. The exterior shows the original chisel marks of the maker and it has acquired a wonderful patina from years of use and handling. Similar examples have been attributed to various countries across the globe and while it is similar to a barrel sold by Bonhams and attributed to New England, it is not possible to be certain of country of origin. Dimensions: 27"H x 19.5"W x 19"D Condition: Good/Fair, cracks, chips and wear show age and use. The barrel has a nice rustic appearance overall. Provenance: Property from the Collection of a Media Executive
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Diameter: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)
  • Style:
    Country (In the Style Of)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Wood,Hand-Carved,Woodwork
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Unknown
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Minor structural damages.
  • Seller Location:
    Morristown, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5990234078722

More From This Seller

View All
Antique Hand Hewn Wooden Oval Rice Storage Barrel with Lid
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th Century oval shaped lidded wooden rice container, likely Chinese. This is a hand hewn item made from a tree trunk and fitted with a base and lid mad...
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Country Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Wood

Large Vintage Chinese Floor Standing Wooden Storage Barrel with Lid
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th century, floor standing storage barrel made of wood with applied bent bamboo. The lid is secured with two pegs. The interior has been converted to waste receptacle with a ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Other More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Bamboo, Wood

Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Floor Vase with Foo Dog Handles
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 19th/Early 20th c., large Japanese Meiji bronze floor urn. The principal decoration on both sides of the vase is rendered in beautiful and strong relief. One side depicts birds, possibly skylarks, in flight and on flowering cherry blossom branches. The opposite side depicts herons wading and alighting on a flowering tree. the upper and lower portions of urn are decorated with repeating arched lozenges detailed with scrolls and flora. The urn is adorned with foo dog handles, unmarked. This is an impressive and beautiful bronze urn. In bronze-working, Meiji period craftsmen were newly empowered to attempt distinctive, innovative, and complex pieces. Makers were influenced less by the West than by China, which had had a relationship with Japan stretching back thousands of years, far further than Japan’s recent association with Western powers. Artistry in bronze-work reached new heights in the Meiji period, as a number of metalworking schools developed, creating intricate pieces including vases, sculptures...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Vases

Materials

Bronze

Large Antique Figurative African Mangbetu Peoples Anthropomorphic Vessel
Located in Morristown, NJ
Early 20th century Mangbetu chief's pot, from DR Congo, a distinctive and beautiful anthropomorphic sculpture. This style of terracotta pot m...
Category

Early 20th Century Congolese Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Late 20th C. Large Classically Shaped Wood Turned Vase with Tactile Patina
Located in Morristown, NJ
Late 20th century, American, large turned wood vase, possibly yew. The vase has been indistinctly branded on the base. A beautifully turned vase with...
Category

1990s American Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Wood

Mid 20th C. Kutani Style French Porcelain Lidded Ginger Jars - A Pair
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., a pair of Japanese Kutani style porcelain lidded jars, stamped on Porcelaine de Paris underside of foot. The mark indicates the piece was produced in the 1970's. The jars are decorated in deep orange, tangerine and gold motifs on a white background. On one side, both jars have matching decoration depicting a scroll showing a pastoral scene. On the other side, each jar has a seperate floral depiction; one including bamboo. Both are highly decorative. Founded 1773 by Jean-Baptiste Locre, Porcelaine de Paris, was one of the first manufactures to use the Chinese secret of porcelain. It immediately aimed for the luxury trade, selling to the Royal Courts of Europe. After surviving the French Revolution, Porcelaine de Paris steadily produced tableware as well as purely decorative pieces, receiving orders from all over Europe. Productivity was astonishing, creating one new model every day over 30 years! Around 1830, Jean-Marx Clauss, a German-born potter bought a building at Rue de la Pierre-Levee, where he took over Locre's activity. M. Achille Bloch...
Category

Vintage 1970s French Japonisme Jars

Materials

Gold

You May Also Like

Large Sculptural Mango Wood Vase with Hand-hewn Detailing, Burnt Finish
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderfully sculptural mango wood vase featuring hand-hewn detailing along its sides. To achieve its black pigment the wood the wood was burned numerous times and finished with a c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Fruitwood

Large Sculptural Mango Wood Vase with Hand-hewn Detailing, Burnt Finish
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderfully sculptural mango wood vase featuring hand-hewn detailing along its sides. To achieve its black pigment the wood the wood was burned numerous times and finished with a c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Fruitwood

Large Sculptural Mango Wood Vase with Hand-hewn Detailing, Burnt Finish
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderfully sculptural mango wood vase featuring hand-hewn detailing along its sides. To achieve its black pigment the wood the wood was burned numerous times and finished with a c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Fruitwood

Large Sculptural Mango Wood Vase with Hand-hewn Detailing, Burnt Finish
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderfully sculptural mango wood vase featuring hand-hewn detailing along its sides. To achieve its black pigment the wood the wood was burned numerous times and finished with a c...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Organic Modern Vases

Materials

Fruitwood

Chinese Rice Barrel with Lid, early 20th Century
Located in Chappaqua, NY
Chinese Rice Barrel with Lid, early 20th Century. Aged wood with metal and iron banding and handles.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Jars

Materials

Wood

Rustic Elm Wooden Large Mortar Bowl Hand Carved from One Piece of Tree Trunk
Located in London, GB
A very characterful late 19th century hand carved large wooden Chinese Elm mortar or bowl used for pounding grain. Oversized and wonderful, decorative piece that would look incredibl...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...

Materials

Elm

Recently Viewed

View All