Exeter oak Document box with drawer
- Period
- Circa 1640
- Origin
- Exeter, Devon
- Dimensions
- W 25.5" × H 13" × D 15"
- Reference
- #Marh124
This piece has been sold. It is shown here for reference in our archive.
Description
Exeter at it’s best, Carved with shell type motifs to the front and sides, with an egg and dart moulding with drawer below. Vast ammounts of original polychrome decorated with black dots on a red and white back ground. Replaced internal bottom boards and hinges.
Comparable with the Thomas Dennis family deeds box. Bowdoin College.