A fine and imposing late Renaissance 'doppelgeschossiger Fassadenschrank' probably North German, early 17th century

applied with female figures allegorical for Faith, Justice, Hope and Charity, veneered in fruitwood and inlaid with scrolling vines, two-door front as above and below, the interior fitted with shelves retaining old hinge straps, the lower doors centred by the armorial shields of the Von Oertzen family, inserted at a later date and bearing the date 1583 and 1880

Family Von Oertzen, Stammgut Leppin
Schlossmuseum Güstrow, Northern Germany, since 1945

Presumably restored in the 19th century including smaller alterations, the carvings missing the face of an angel and a nose, two small sections of moulding also missing. The egg-and-dart moulding of the cornice probably replaced. Overall with minor traces of old woodworm.
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