Antique English 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Coffer Panelled Chest 1680 Mid-Century Modern Popular motifs included grape clusters

Popular motifs included grape clusters

The painting is housed in the original gilded wood and gesso frame

but to record the environment soon altered by expanding populations and technologies

The head of the bull forms the spout from which water can be poured out

An unusual antique Italian porcelain pitcher jug in the Neoclassical style

Antique English 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Coffer Panelled Chest 1680 Mid-Century Modern Popular motifs included grape clustersSOLD A good antique late 17th century carved oak panelled chest, Charles II period, most likely West Country, circa 1680. The coffer having a hinged top with 'breadboard' ends, enclosing a large storage interior below with a lidded till to the right side, such tills would store candles that were made of tallow which were also a natural moth repellent. The front of the chest having a hemi spherical carved frieze, below are three panels inset with