An oak plank chest, English, 17th century

細節

An oak plank chest, English, 17th century
With single plank lid and sides extending to feet, the front carved with a pair of Gothic tracery windows incorporating a deer's head at the top, flanked by a warthog type figure to the left and a Gothic whirl centred with a hare to the right, the lock 18th century
51in. (130cm.) wide, 20in. (51cm.) high, 15in. (38cm.) deep

來源

Formerly by repute, The Priory of Combermere and known as the Combermere Coffer.
The sale of English furniture formed by Dr Douglas Heath M.D, MRCS. FRCP. Removed from The Cedars, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, June 17, 1937. Vesey Grange, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, 28th September 1960, lot 173

拍品專文

The construction of this chest would appear to date it formerly to the 17th century. The carved decoration to the front, although convincing in execution, must therefore be of a later date since stylistically it belongs to the early 16th century