What's the difference between a coffer and a blanket box?

Nothing, as the titles use them. Blanket box is the domestic-use name for the same lidded chest and appears in 151 titles. Coffer, chest and trunk are swapped in and out the same way. A single listing will often carry two of the four names together.

Which period do most coffers come from?

The 17th century is the single largest bucket at 655 listings, ahead of the 18th at 563 and well ahead of the 19th at 266. For furniture that's unusual, the oldest band being the biggest. The dated field spans 1580 to 1940, but only 481 of 2,549 listings carry a clean year. The rest are given as a century or a reign, and Georgian, 1700s and Before 1700 overlap with the century labels.

Are coffers always oak?

Oak appears in 1,728 of 2,549 titles, so it's the default. Elm, pine, walnut and camphor wood divide most of the remainder. Elm turns up in boarded chests alongside oak. Pine tends to be painted, and camphor belongs mainly to the travelling and steamer trunk group.

What is a Welsh coffer bach?

A small Welsh chest, often on turned feet. The word bach is in 87 titles, and coffor bach is a common alternative spelling. Welsh attributions run through the category more widely, with welsh in 118 titles. Some coffer bach listings frankly declare themselves later work made in an 18th-century style.

Do trunks count in this category?

Yes. Travelling, campaign and steamer trunks make up about a tenth of titles and are more prominent in what's currently listed than in what has sold. They come leather, hide, iron and brass-bound, some camphor wood, some zinc-lined or fitted inside.

How often do coffers come up for sale?

Around 271 are listed a year on Sellingantiques, and 281 different dealers have offered one. Almost every furniture dealer touches this category at some point. Most of that flow is English oak. Now and then something lands from far outside it, a Swat Valley dowry chest or a Moroccan leather-bound example, each appearing just once.

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A coffer is a lidded storage chest, the basic box of the early modern house, used for linen, clothes, grain or valuables, and doubling as seating or a travelling container.

1900 - 1920

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Nice Iron Bound Mahogany Chest

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£495

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17th century

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Small 17th Century Oak Coffer

From Holmes Antiques

£1,400

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17th century

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C17th Oak Coffer

From Fernyhough Antiques Ltd

£1,295

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18th century

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Late Georgian Oak Mule Chest

From Rupert Hitchcox Antiques

£265

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Large Antique Storage Trunk, English, Oak, Iron Bound, Silver Chest, Victorian

19th century

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Large Antique Storage Trunk, English, Oak, Iron Bound, Silver Chest, Victorian

From London Fine Antiques

£1,795

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17th century

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17th Century Oak Marriage Chest

From FB Antiques

£895

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19th century

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Large Georgian Oak Blanket Box

From Desired Effect Antiques Ltd

£595

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Large Antique Mule Chest, English, Carved Oak, Coffer, William Iii, Circa 1700

18th century

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Large Antique Mule Chest, English, Carved Oak, Coffer, William Iii, Circa 1700

From London Fine Antiques

£3,650

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An Early Georgian Oak, Raised Panelled, Mule Chest

18th century

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An Early Georgian Oak, Raised Panelled, Mule Chest

From The Dorking Desk Shop

£750

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19th century

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Early 19th Century Swedish Painted Blanket Box

From Debenham Antiques Ltd

£995

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Coffers on Sellingantiques are often named for where they were made: Yorkshire, Westmorland, Lakeland, the Dales, Dorset, Lancashire, Cornwall, Leeds and the Gower peninsula.

16th century

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Rare 16th Century Inlaid Oak Coffer

From Oliveri Antiques Ltd

£1,950

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19th century

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Pair of Boxes

From D J Green Antiques

£1,350

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18th century

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18th Century Oak Mule Chest

From Martlesham Antiques

£1,550

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19th century

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19th Century Chinoiserie Indian Trunk

From Jake Wright Antiques Ltd.

£2,400

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19th century

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Antique Pine Metal Bound Chest

From Penderyn Antiques

£595

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19th century

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Mid 19th Century Profusely Inlaid Continental Walnut Dome Coffer

From Debenham Antiques Ltd

£2,850

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Antique Coffers

Nice Iron Bound Mahogany Chest

Small 17th Century Oak Coffer

C17th Oak Coffer

Late Georgian Oak Mule Chest

Large Antique Storage Trunk, English, Oak, Iron Bound, Silver Chest, Victorian

17th Century Oak Marriage Chest

Large Georgian Oak Blanket Box

Large Antique Mule Chest, English, Carved Oak, Coffer, William Iii, Circa 1700

An Early Georgian Oak, Raised Panelled, Mule Chest

Early 19th Century Swedish Painted Blanket Box

Rare 16th Century Inlaid Oak Coffer

Pair of Boxes

18th Century Oak Mule Chest

19th Century Chinoiserie Indian Trunk

Antique Pine Metal Bound Chest

Mid 19th Century Profusely Inlaid Continental Walnut Dome Coffer

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