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AN ELIZABETHAN OAK FOOD CUPBOARD
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AN ELIZABETHAN OAK FOOD CUPBOARD

CIRCA 1550-1600

Details
AN ELIZABETHAN OAK FOOD CUPBOARD
CIRCA 1550-1600
The front pierced with air holes and with two central doors above an arched apron, part missing, the sides with plain panels
46¾ in. (118.7 cm.) high; 49½ in. (125.7 cm.) wide; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep
Provenance
By repute, Ludlow Castle, Shropshire.
Mrs. A. Richards, Presteigne, Wales.
Purchased by Roger Warner on 14 April 1966.
Literature
Victoria & Albert Museum, English Medieval Art, 1930, plate. 87.
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Lot Essay

A cupboard of similar form but more elaborate overall decoration, known as 'Prince Arthur's Cupboard', is in the collection of The Victoria and Albert Museum and illustrated in Ralph Edwards The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, Vol II, p.185, fig.2, coincidentally also provenanced to Shropshire and with possible connections to Ludlow Castle, briefly the home of Prince Arthur in 1501-1502.

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