Elizabeth I joined court cupboard
1580 - 1600
Possibly Gloucestershire
W 48 1/4" × H 49" × D 17 1/4"
Stock # Marh2833
POA
Elizabeth I joined oak court cupboard. The lower section with lion supports and ionic capitals, above the middle drawer with carved S-scrolls, above the griffin supports with ionic capitals, the frieze rails carved with scrolled dragons and a central shield with the initials TGM and later dated 1628.
This cupboard sold in Sothebys in 1985, 26th April, lot number 34
A very similar example is illustrated in Victory Chinnery Oak Furniture the British tradition, page 388, figure 4:33
This court cupboard is one of the finest to come on the market, in near mint condition with exceptional colour and surface. Very rare example.