SALES ARCHIVE

A FINE MID TO LATE 16TH CENTURY ENGLISH OAK STANDING AUMBRY/CUPBOARD. POSSIBLY STAFFORDSHIRE. CIRCA 1570.

THIS FINE ENGLISH OAK CUPBOARD HAS A TWO PLANKED TOP ABOVE A PANELLED FRONT CONSISTING OF TWO UPPER DOORS CARVED WITH TRACERY CARVING CENTRED BY A ROSE, THE CENTRAL PANEL WITH TRACERY CARVING CENTRED BY A BOARS HEAD ABOVE A CROWN. THE CENTRAL LOWER DOOR WITH TREFOIL CARVING CENTRED BY LEAF CARVING, THE PANELS FLANKING THIS DOOR ARE CARVED WITH QUATREFOILS AND AGAIN WITH LEAF CARVED CENTRES, BELOW TWO DRAWERS. THE PANELLED SIDES ARE STRUCK WITH THE INITIALS W.K.

A SIMILAR PANEL OF A BOARS HEAD ABOVE A CROWN FROM THE 16TH CENTURY SOLD IN BONHAMS OAK INTERIOR SALE ON THE 19TH JULY 2012, LOT 254 AND WAS ORIGINALLY AT TUTBURY CASTLE STAFFORDSHIRE, TWICE THE MUCH HATED PRISON OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS AND PARTIALLY DESTROYED BY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT IN 1647 AFTER HOLDING OUT FOR CHARLES I IN THE CIVIL WAR.

51" WIDE X 55" HIGH X 22.5" DEEP.



Dimensions:
Height: 55 inches (139.7 cms)
Width: 51 inches (129.5 cms)
Depth: 22.5 inches (57.2 cms)

SOLD

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