Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings 25" deep (seat height: 19")

25" deep (seat height: 19")

the bowl is stamped with a Dublin hallmark with the date letter "Q" for 1911 and also stamped "Egan Cork"

highlighted with copper lustre glaze

possibly Syria or Mosul

along with writer and Brooklynite Kurt Andersen

Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings 25" deep (seat height: 19")Antique 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.