A good Commonwealth boarded oak box, dated 1652


Very finely made and carved, with single piece lid and baseboard, the former with moulded front edge and chip-carved ends, the front board carved with two reserves of interlaced leaf-filled lunettes against a pounced ground, the initials 'DM' and the date '1652' beneath the later iron lockplate, within a zig-zag punched border, the baseboard also with chip-carved ends and moulded front edge, 62cm wide x 37cm deep x 23.5cm high, (24in wide x 14 1/2in deep x 9in high)