Lot 560
  • 560

VERY FINE AND RARE CHARLES II CARVED, JOINED AND POLYCHROMED-PAINTED OAK CHEST, POSSIBLY BY WILLIAM SEARLE, DEVON, ENGLAND, CIRCA 1670

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • oak
  • Height 30 1/2 in. by Width 49 in. by Depth 20 3/4 in.
Appears to retain its original red and white over blue paint remnants on panels, paper on reverse R.P. Ovr & Sons LtD Depository...na me Gurasa Davies; date 19.8.39 or (30), no. 46 D 127 Camberley, Surrey.

Provenance

Paul Fitzsimmons, Marhamchurch Antiques, Essex, Devon;
Judd Gregory, Dorset, Vermont;
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York.

Literature

Samuel Tuke, "The American connection: an investigation into a regional tradition of furniture making in East Devon," (Ph.D. diss.: Southampton Institute, 2005), fig. 18.

Condition

Excellent, appears to retain its original pigment. Lacking till lid.
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