A Small Hand Painted Antique Plumber’s Turnpin “Oh Hear The Angel Voices”

A Small Hand Painted Antique Plumber’s Turnpin “Oh Hear The Angel Voices”An antique plumbers turnpin. Made from the hardest wood known to mankind; Lignum vitae, these conical shaped tools were used to widen the end of copper piping so that they could slot into each other. Consequently, they have the most delightful patina, weigh a tonne and for our purposes, resemble divine little Christmas trees. Measurements from H6 8cm. In vintage condition hand painted using traditional sign writers techniques and materials. Each piece

a delicate silver script spelling “A Merry Christmas” adds a refined touch of seasonal sentiment

Measurements

adding cultural depth to its already captivating story

H from 5-3cm Diameter from 3-2cm

These trees come with oral provenance linking them to the Bletchley Museum collection

Mum or someone special this Christmas

Its generous scale makes it well suited to country house rooms

framed by a softly curled fibre wig

Full alphabet band (A–Z)

lovers of Victorian ephemera

The pots I use are all original Victorian pots

and the evergreen tree carried over his shoulder