Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings the bowl of flared form

the bowl of flared form having twin handles with fleur de lis decoration standing on a low foot and stamped to the base with the head of Mercury and the maker's marks

Antique French Portrait Miniature oil Painting

the highest being 47" floor to top

The bowl decorated in under-glazed blue & white and has a band of reticulation around the outside

Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings the bowl of flared formAntique Tudor Elizabethan oak six plank boarded coffer sword chest, circa 1540. The coffer from the period of King Henry VIII having a hinged lid enclosing a storage area lined with 19th century newspapers, the sides, rear and base all of joined plank construction. The lid having handcut steel hinges most likely replaced in the 17th century from the previous steel 'snipe' hinges, the chest retaining the original handcut steel lock plate to the front.