A PORTUGUESE ROSEWOOD CEREMONIAL CHEST with domed stepped moulded rectangualr top enclosinga spring-loaded compartment and a further well, above a chevron moulded auricular cornice carved with waved lines and a ropetwist slip, the central hinged raised panelled compartment flanked by diagonal foliage-carved Corinthian and Solomonic columns, on panelled box plinth, the waved apron centred by a stylised anthemion clasp between vigorously carved scrolling foliate volutes and on pad feet, late 17th early 18th Century, the later lock stamped CHUBB'S PATENT/27 ST. PAUL'S CHYD./LONDON/CHUBB & SON MAKERS TO HER MAJESTY, and numbered 308361