Antique English Blue Painted Chest / Trunk - 19th Century Country Furniture - Coffer

Antiques : Primitives

 
Small coffer / chest with domed lid, English early to mid 1800s. Constructed using pine, the boards secured to each other with wooden pegs and the entire coffer bound with hand forged iron straps nailed to the lid and carcase. It has leather strap handles and retains its original historic blue paint finish that is simply superb –a timeless and serene shade of blue that so many of us associate with country furniture. The domed lid was constructed with two planks (there are a couple of age-related shrinkage cracks in the larger of the two planks) whilst single boards were used to make the carcass. The escutcheon on the carcase is antique but not the original – the lock at some stage had been broken into and only the upper part of the escutcheon (i.e. on the lid) is original -the lower portion was replaced. The condition is excellent, the color and patination unbeatable.

Measures: 22” x 13” x 14” high.

Item ID: RL-EA00857
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