AN ELIZABETHAN OAK COURT CUPBOARD
basically late 16th century, with a hinged rectangular top above a strapwork frieze with foliate corbels and a pair of doors with arcaded panels flanked by caryatids, the sides with cruciform panels centred by a stylised flowerhead, the base with a leaf-carved frieze supported on fluted “cup and cover” uprights, the platform base carved with lunettes, 119.5cm high x 124.5cm wide
Condition Report: |
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Estimate: |
£4,000 - £6,000
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Hammer price:
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£5,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Provenance: The Victorian key label is marked “Great Hall Cabinet”. It is shown in a photograph of the Great Hall, circa 1916 and according to family records it was probably purchased for the house by Hubert Hutchings, circa 1873.