Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings highlighted with copper lustre glaze

highlighted with copper lustre glaze

The lowboy is raised on cabriole legs terminating to pad feet

when his estate and effects were seized

Key and Pendulum included

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 Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings highlighted with copper lustre glazeAntique 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.