The twin-boarded hinged lid with applied slender egg-and-dart and delicate dentil-moulded edge, the toprail divided into three using solid and pierced downswept corbels, two end sections with matching carved strapwork, the third carved with a coat of arms within the Garter, with lion and unicorn supporters, three panels below, spaced by paired pillars on stop-fluted plinths, each end panel carved with a deep arcade, the arch filled with paired bird profiles, with one outstretched wing, centred by a Mannerist putto mask, each pillar carved with a different animal, seated on a mound - a cat, greyhound, stag and Talbot hound - all enclosing a panel nailed from behind and carved with paired S-scrolls, the central panel with a mantled shield, topped by a ducal coronet, and carved with the name and date 'Jane Corbett Februarie 7:1657', framed by flared and gadrooned-carved rails, with a foliate spray at each cardinal point, the two drawers below with similar framing rails centred by flowing flora, flanked by stiff-leaf corbels, the ends of the front stile supports with further carving, triple-panelled sides, 133cm wide x 61cm deep x 91.5cm high, (52in wide x 24in deep x 36in high)
The twin-boarded hinged lid with applied slender egg-and-dart and delicate dentil-moulded edge, the toprail divided into three using solid and pierced downswept corbels, two end sections with matching carved strapwork, the third carved with a coat of arms within the Garter, with lion and unicorn supporters, three panels below, spaced by paired pillars on stop-fluted plinths, each end panel carved with a deep arcade, the arch filled with paired bird profiles, with one outstretched wing, centred by a Mannerist putto mask, each pillar carved with a different animal, seated on a mound - a cat, greyhound, stag and Talbot hound - all enclosing a panel nailed from behind and carved with paired S-scrolls, the central panel with a mantled shield, topped by a ducal coronet, and carved with the name and date 'Jane Corbett Februarie 7:1657', framed by flared and gadrooned-carved rails, with a foliate spray at each cardinal point, the two drawers below with similar framing rails centred by flowing flora, flanked by stiff-leaf corbels, the ends of the front stile supports with further carving, triple-panelled sides, 133cm wide x 61cm deep x 91.5cm high, (52in wide x 24in deep x 36in high)
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