An impressive early 16th Century oak coffer, Normandy, circa 1500, having a deep plank hinged top, above a series of four Gothic tracery carved panels, each of different design within broad mason’s mitred rails, the muntin rail below the iron lockplate carved with a single roundel and the scratch date MDLXXI,  a pair of linenfold carved panels to each side.

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Provenance

Mary Bellis Antiques,

Hungerford, Berkshire, 1984.

 

Roger Rosewell FSA Collection