A NORTH EUROPEAN OAK AND MARQUETRY COURT CUPBOARD,

17TH CENTURY, THE PANELS PROBABLY AUGSBURG, LATE 16TH CENTURY AND REUSED,

Details

A NORTH EUROPEAN OAK AND MARQUETRY COURT CUPBOARD,
17th century, the panels probably Augsburg, late 16th century and reused,
the moulded cornice with dentilled underside and strapwork decorated frieze above two panelled doors, elaborately inlaid with female figures flanking a castle, the central panel displaying the arms of the Putnam family from the Netherlands, the projecting lower section with inlaid doors and further strapwork borders raised on stile feet, the top surface of the lower section and the facings of the feet and apron probably 19th century, bearing a label to the reverse, Mrs I. Donovan
64in. (163cm.) high, 49½in. (126cm.) wide, 21in. (54cm.) deep

Provenance

By repute The St. John family, Lydiard House, Swindon, Wiltshire.
Acquired by the present owner from Chela Fitzmaurice and Oliver St. John, St. Andrews, Canada, 15 August 1961.

Lot Essay

The Putnam family, to whom the crest on the central panel is thought to belong, originated from the Netherlands and had the family motto 'Nec metu nec dubitatione' (neither fear nor doubt).

The St. John Family and Lydiard House

The Lydiard Estates were in the St. John's possession for over 500 years. Originally it was Margaret Beauchamp, grandmother to Henry VII, who obtained the estate for the family, leaving it to her first husband's son, Oliver St. John, after Margaret had succeeded her brother as heir to all her father's estates. The family played important roles in both local and national politics and were staunch Royalists during the Civil War. The estate remained in the family intil it was finally broken up at the beginning of the 20th century.

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