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Excellent Quality Minature Oak Coffer
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Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

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Excellent Quality Minature Oak Coffer

1900 - 1920
Description

A very smart minature oak coffer with crisp carvings, standing on bracket feet, in excellent overall condition.

17" high

30" wide

12" depth

FREE DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND

EXCLUDES SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

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You are welcome to view this item at our showroom, please phone ahead of visiting.

Alternatively you are welcome to collect at our large warehouse and showrooms in Derbyshire (20 minutes north of Birmingham). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture and accessories of all types.

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Fernyhough Antiques Ltd has dated this Miniature Carved Oak Coffer to the 1920s.

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SA1231003
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All measurements are taken at the widest points.

Please call 07968450046 for more information on this item.

We recommend that you arrange an appointment to view the items before you buy them. Appointments to view our stock can be arranged by contacting us via email donna.fernyhough@ntlworld.com or you can call 07968450046 (lines open 9am-10pm, 365 days a year)

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Description
A very smart minature oak coffer with crisp carvings, standing on bracket feet, in excellent overall condition.

17" high

30" wide

12" depth

FREE DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND

EXCLUDES SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

FOR EUROPEAN AND WORLDWIDE DELIVERIES PLEASE EMAIL FOR QUOTE

fig 1. A miniature dark oak coffer featuring carved double arches on the front panel and a hinged rectangular lid.
fig 1. Excellent Quality Minature Oak Coffer

You are welcome to view this item at our showroom, please phone ahead of visiting.

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Alternatively you are welcome to collect at our large warehouse and showrooms in Derbyshire (20 minutes north of Birmingham).
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture and accessories of all types.

Date of Manufacture

Fernyhough Antiques Ltd has dated this Miniature Carved Oak Coffer to the 1920s.

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SA1231003
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Sellingantiques verified Since Jan 2011

Seven showrooms of excellent quality antiques and decorative items.

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Archive I A miniature dark oak coffer featuring carved double arches on the front panel and a hinged rectangular lid.

Excellent Quality Minature Oak Coffer

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Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
Telephone 07968 45 00 46
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Unit 5
The Elms Business Park
Appleby Magna
Derbyshire
DE12 7AP
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/fernyhough
Verified Since Jan 2011
Items For Sale 568
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Fernyhough Antiques Ltd
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A miniature dark oak coffer featuring carved double arches on the front panel and a hinged rectangular lid.
Excellent Quality Minature Oak Coffer
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A miniature dark oak coffer featuring carved double arches on the front panel and a hinged rectangular lid.
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  • ObjectBoxes & Chests
  • Period1900 - 1920
  • StyleJacobean
  • MaterialOak
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsCarved arches, Arcaded panels, Rectangular hinged lid

This miniature oak coffer originates from the 1920 period and reflects a Jacobean style. The piece uses dark brown oak timber with a polished wooden finish. The rectangular hinged lid sits above a front elevation decorated with carved double arches, arcaded panels, and vertical mouldings. The structure rests upon bracket feet beneath a moulded base. The chest measures 43 cm high by 76 cm wide with a 30 cm depth. Suitable for placement atop a sideboard or table within a gentleman's library, the coffer provides compact storage for small personal items or documents. The enclosed storage space opens via the top lid for everyday access while maintaining a traditional decorative presence in a living room, study, or hallway. The sturdy wooden construction ensures stability for placement on flat surfaces, and the piece functions as an ornamental storage box as well as a period decorative accessory for interior settings.

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A miniature oak coffer is a scaled-down version of a full-sized wooden chest, historically crafted as an apprentice piece, salesman sample, or desktop receptacle for securing jewellery, personal documents, and small valuables.

Traditional coffers were constructed from solid oak using mortise and tenon joinery, panelled construction, and hand-carved decorative motifs such as arcading and lunettes.

Authentic period pieces feature hand-planed surfaces, irregular peg placement at joinery points, original iron or wooden hinges, and natural age-related oxidisation in the wood grain.

A miniature coffer can be positioned on a sideboard, desk, or open shelving as a functional storage receptacle, introducing historical texture to modern interior spaces.

Maintain oak timber by dusting regularly with a soft, dry cloth and applying a clear beeswax polish periodically to protect the surface and preserve the natural wood grain.
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