Charles I oak box
- Period
- Circa 1600
- Origin
- Devon, England
- Dimensions
- W 26" × H 10" × D 15"
- Reference
- #MARH0168
This piece has been sold. It is shown here for reference in our archive.
Description
English oak box carved with opposing winged beasts, centered upon a shield-shaped reserve and asymmetric leafage typical of the Devon-area.
Similar carved bestiary appears on a late sixteenth-century box illustrated as cat. 3 in England at the time of the Armada, an exhibition held by the BADA, June, 1989.