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Box

1699 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (makers)
Place of origin
England (made)

Box, of applewood, carved with incised designs. On the top is the date 1699, and the initials T.N., and an oval medallion carved with a bird on a tree with cherubs' head at the corners; the front and sides have geometrical designs in 'chip' carving.

From Exeter. Dated 1699.


Object details

Categories
Containers
Woodwork
Medieval and Renaissance
Object type
Box
Materials and techniques
Applewood
Fruitwood
Carving
Brief description
Box, of applewood, carved with incised designs, initials, and the date. English, 1699.
Physical description
Box, of applewood, carved with incised designs. On the top is the date 1699, and the initials T.N., and an oval medallion carved with a bird on a tree with cherubs' head at the corners; the front and sides have geometrical designs in 'chip' carving.

From Exeter. Dated 1699.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Width: 38.1cm
  • Depth: 30.5cm
From catalogue H. 4 ½ in., W. 1 ft. 3 in., D. 1 ft.
Object history
Box dated 1699, purchased from H Clifford Smith (acquired from H P Overmass, Exeter), on 5/6/19

Notes from R.P. 19/2665

Listed on Purchase Form
"Box, carved in apple-wood; English, 1699 (dated) - £1.5"

Description by Clifford Smith of box purchased in Exeter
It is "an interesting English box carved in apple-wood. The design on the lid consists of a carved panel, with cherubs heads in the corners, together with the owners initials and the date 1699. The sides are carved with a variety of chip carving. It is evidently a type of west-country work, and quite an uncommon specimen…we have nothing quite like it".
Bibliographic references
  • Box, of applewood, carved with incised designs. On the top is the date 1699, and the initials T.N., and an oval medallion carved with a bird on a tree with cherubs' head at the corners; the front and sides have geometrical designs in 'chip' carving. From Exeter. Dated 1699. From catalogue H. 4 ½ in., W. 1 ft. 3 in., D. 1 ft. (H. 11.4 cm, W. 38.1 cm, D. 30.5 cm) From: H. Clifford Smith, Catalogue of English Furniture & Woodwork (London 1930), 591
  • F. Gordon Roe, 'Susan Meadows'' Desk, a study in love tokens, The Connoisseur , September 1946, pp.31-5
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.37-1919

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Record createdJuly 13, 2007
Record URL
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