Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks & The Age of Oak - 2nd October 2025
Lot 977
A RARE AND WELL DOCUMENTED ELIZABETH I OAK COURT CUPBOARD OR THREE TIER BUFFET
Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £7620
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Description
A RARE AND WELL DOCUMENTED ELIZABETH I OAK COURT CUPBOARD OR THREE TIER BUFFET
C.1580 AND LATER
the top shelf with front leafy carved drop finials, supported by two turned rear supports, and a magnificent central front support carved with paired lion rampant centred by a fluted column and a scrolled ‘guild mark’, the second shelf again supported by turned rear columns and thick turned and fluted cup-and-cover front supports, the later lower shelf on block feet
130.2cm high, 127.5cm wide, 56.5cm deep
Provenance
Mrs Geoffry Hart Collection,
Sam Wolsey Collection.
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Literature
Illustrated in ‘Connoisseurs Complete Guide to Antique English Furniture’ (1961), p.61.Also illustrated in Ralph Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, vol. II, p. 182, fig. 8