£800 - £1,200
AN ELIZABETH I/JAMES I OAK AND INLAID COFFER, CIRCA 1600-20. Having a quadruple-panelled hinged lid, the front with four panels, each linear geometric chequered-inlaid around a slender rhombus-carved boss, the top-rail deeply carved with fan-filled lunettes above a band of chequered dog-tooth inlay, similar inlay to the muntin-rails, the stiles with gauge-carved decoration, 134cm wide x 58.5cm deep x 70.5cm high
Provenance: verbal communication with previous vendor - 'This coffer came from my mothers' Herefordshire family, the Jays of Litley Court and Derndale, post 1830. The Jays were connected by marriage to the Carpenters, Taylors and James families, all county gentry . We always liked to think Thomas Carpenter of Tillington Court Hereford, may have owned it.
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