17TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH OAK MURAL CUPBOARD
17th century
Enclosed by a pair of doors framing pierced panels depicting double-headed eagles in the upper section and mythogical creatures in the lower section, surmounted by a pedimented cresting centred with a winged cherub, alterations to the carcass
34½in. (88cm.) high, 27in. (69cm.) wide, 9in. (23cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The Arms are those of the Speke family of Liverpool. A very similarly carved pair of panels were sold as part of The Cold Overton Hall Collection, Sotheby's, October 10th 1986, lot 48. A chair table in Red Lodge Museum, Bristol, bears the double-headed eagle motif and indeed the supporters to the Coat of Arms of the City of Salisbury are also double headed eagles. (See Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, Frontispiece).

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