Details
An oak boarded box
profusely chip-carved overall with geometrical motifs and roundels, within zig-zag borders with central intertwining motif centred with a heart and dated 1650, inscribed to the front edge Thomas Beament Made This, the underside of the lid branded M.B. six times, English, mid 17th century -- 10in. (76cm.) wide
Literature:
Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p.181, fig, 2.191
profusely chip-carved overall with geometrical motifs and roundels, within zig-zag borders with central intertwining motif centred with a heart and dated 1650, inscribed to the front edge Thomas Beament Made This, the underside of the lid branded M.B. six times, English, mid 17th century -- 10in. (76cm.) wide
Literature:
Victor Chinnery Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, p.181, fig, 2.191