GOWER PENINSULA, SOUTH WALES, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

AN OAK COFFOR BACH
GOWER PENINSULA, SOUTH WALES, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
With hinged moulded lid, above a front carved in relief with stylised tulips and a frieze drawer similarly-carved with opposing birds, on apparently original bun feet, metalwork replaced
13 in. (33 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Bonham's Chester, 2005.

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Lot Essay

This type of coffor bach belongs to a small group attributed to the Gower Peninsula whose carved detail typically consists of tulip heads, daisy-like flowers and stylised birds upon the drawer. A virtually identical example is illustrated in P. Havard, 'The Gower Coffor Bach', Regional Furniture, Vol. VI, 1992, p.89, fig. 3. An almost identical coffor bach was sold in the first Parry Collection, Christie's, London, 24 April 1997, lot 219 (£7,475).

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