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Lot Essay
An ark was used for the storage of grain or meal and the lid would be loose enabling it to act as a kneading trough.
Similar arks are illustrated in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 357, fig 3.359 and in The Rous Lench Collection, Vol II, Sotheby's London, 3-4 July 1986, Lot 681.
Similar arks are illustrated in Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p. 357, fig 3.359 and in The Rous Lench Collection, Vol II, Sotheby's London, 3-4 July 1986, Lot 681.