Live Auction 5068Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers, Oak Furniture, Works of Art, Arts & Crafts and Old Master Paintings
A HENRY VIII OAK DUG-OUT CHEST
Lot 33

A HENRY VIII OAK DUG-OUT CHEST

EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Closed8 March 2011

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GBP 3,125

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A HENRY VIII OAK DUG-OUT CHEST
EARLY 16TH CENTURY
With two separate receptacles hewn from adjacent sections of the same tree, each with its own lid set into rebates, iron-bound and with lifting handles, nine locks, one double, previously with an iron strap concealing the join,
23½ in. (60 cm.) high; 81½ in. (207 cm.) wide; 25 in. (64 cm.) deep

Wolverley Church, Wolverley, Worcestershire. The whole chest was set into the stonework of the church which accounts for the extent of the rot at the back lower edge
The John Fardon Collection, Christie's South Kensington, 1 May 1996, Lot 289