Small decorative 'smoothing board' based on a find from Scar

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  • Small decorative 'smoothing board' based on a find from Scar

  • Small 'Smoothing Board' from a boat burial on Scar, in the Orkneys
  • £15.00

:  at  £15.00  each

Based on a whalebone board found in the Scar boat burial, dating to between 875 and 950, this version is made from 3mm Baltic birch plywood and is ideal for display.

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It is laser-engraved and cut, and finished with polyurethane varnish, which gives it a water-resistant surface.

The board measures approximately 14 x 16 cm.

Please note this is decorative and NOT suitable as an 'ironing board'.