A SOUTH GERMAN MARQUETRY WOOD MINNEKÄSTCHEN, the hinged rectangular lid with two panels of strapwork centred by a keyhole with simple lockplate, the interior revealing an engraved steel lock shooting two bolts and two compartments with hinged lids, the front with two arched panels with conforming marquetry between pilasters, above two drawers with loop handles, the ends each with a loop handle, and decorated with a pedimented panel embellished with raised foliate decoration, on a plinth base (restorations; minor worming), late 16th or 17th Century