Details
An oak chest
the panelled lid incised with three lobster-like motifs and with rusticated front edge, above a frieze carved with trailing vines and initialled M.T. and E.S., with date 1635, with single panel below, chip-carved geometrically and with stylised foliage, the side panels depicting playful fish, on channelled uprights with incised decoration, English, early 17th century -- 29in. (74cm.) wide
the panelled lid incised with three lobster-like motifs and with rusticated front edge, above a frieze carved with trailing vines and initialled M.T. and E.S., with date 1635, with single panel below, chip-carved geometrically and with stylised foliage, the side panels depicting playful fish, on channelled uprights with incised decoration, English, early 17th century -- 29in. (74cm.) wide