£700 - £1,000
A brass-mounted copper tabletop Armada chest in 17th century German style and of typical strongbox form: pierced and engraved mounts and a false lock to the front; the heavy hinged top opening to reveal a true elaborate ironwork lock mechanism with a central raised brass lock-cover decorated in high relief with two seated cherubic figures holding aloft a crown and flanked by C-scrolls, foliage and cornucopia with fruits; red velvet-lined compartmentalised interior; studded exterior with two lion mask-and-ring handles; raised on paw-style feet. The rear of the chest engraved 'St. Augustine's Grange - JOHN HARDMAN & Co. - BIRMINGHAM'.
(LWH 34.5 x 20 x 17.75 cm).
(St. Augustine's Grange in Ramsgate (also known as 'The Grange') was designed by Augustus Pugin and was his home from 1844 until his death in 1852. The Birmingham metal manufacturers John Hardman & Co. enjoyed a close association with Pugin from 1837, when John Hardman Jr. (1811-1867) and Pugin first met and discovered they shared similar religious beliefs and enthusiasm for the medieval spirit and expression.)
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