Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings An early pre Knoll production

An early pre Knoll production 1955 Mies Van Der Rohe

highlighted with copper lustre glaze

The censer is finely decorated with a pair of dragons chasing a flaming pearl surrounded by cloud motifs

The table having a circular top with a carved band of clouds and a carved band of lappets below

Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Paintings An early pre Knoll productionAntique 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.