A German polychrome-decorated iron armada chest
17th Century
Banded overall, the hinged rectangular top with a concealed key-hole, with a red-painted pierced engraved lockplate covering the lockmechanism to the reverse, enclosing a red-painted interior with a lidded compartment (locked), the front with a simulated lockplate and with carrying handles to the sides, losses to the polychromy, the interior re-decorated
41.5cm. high x 92cm. wide x 47cm. deep
A German polychrome-decorated iron armada chest
17th Century
Banded overall, the hinged rectangular top with a concealed key-hole, with a red-painted pierced engraved lockplate covering the lockmechanism to the reverse, enclosing a red-painted interior with a lidded compartment (locked), the front with a simulated lockplate and with carrying handles to the sides, losses to the polychromy, the interior re-decorated
41.5cm. high x 92cm. wide x 47cm. deep
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