Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Drawings & Prints Natiopnal Museum of Modern Art

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the mother dogs liner for pens the two pups for ink and sand

The easel form stand is finely and deeply carved with a floral design and terminates to zoomorphic lion's paw feet

Jean-Michel Cels was a Belgian landscape painter born in the Hague as the son of the painter Cornelis Cels

5 cm X 14 cm

Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Drawings & Prints Natiopnal Museum of Modern ArtAntique 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.