Antique Oak Iron Large Silver Chest Downton Abbey Highclere Castle C.F. Hancock

Antique Italian late 17th century leather on pine carriage chest/trunk, with brass stud-work, circa 1680. This rare survivor from the late baroque period of the 1600s was made in th...

A good antique English, Charles II (Carolean) period carved oak bible or document box, circa 1680. Such boxes were particularly popular in the 17th century, when printed bibles were very expensive and a treasured family possession. The bible was most likely the only book owned by a family and was also the means of recording births, deaths & marriages which would be written on the flyleaf or endpapers. They were also used to protect other important documents and valuables and were brought to colonial America by early settlers. This bible box dates shortly after the English Civil War & the brief time that England was a Republic (known then as the Commonwealth) under Oliver Cromwell. The box typifies those Puritan values, simple six plank construction with a hinged lid enclosing a storage area for a bible or important documents. The front of the box having a carved foliate twin lunette design with a hand cut steel lock & hasp above, the box is robust & solid & for it's 350 or so years it is in very good condition! This very early antique carved bible box...

This is an antique silver chest. An English, oak and bound iron storage trunk, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800. Superb living room or bedroom storage with fine Georgian ap...

This is an antique silver chest. An English, oak and cast iron storage trunk, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860. Delightfully stout craftsmanship and appearance Display...