Late 18th to Earl 19th century Scandinavian Wood Mangle Board with Anchor Design Grand Tour a year before his suicide

a year before his suicide after a dispute with Charles Dickens

Welsh motto: "Ich dien" (I serve)

Amethyst stones

Jacob Conrad Bodemer (1777-1824) Enamel on Copper Signed and dated 1812

with an Olive green glaze and very beautiful Art Nouveau

Late 18th to Earl 19th century Scandinavian Wood Mangle Board with Anchor Design Grand Tour a year before his suicideWe are offering A look into the past A unique Scandinavian mangle board, hand painted with carved decoration. A mangle board, is a traditional Northern European household tool to smooth and flatten damp linen by rolling it tightly around a dowel and then working the board back and forth over the cloth to press out wrinkles As a courtship gift a young man would carve or commission a decorated mangle board for the woman he wished to marry. Approx.