What's the difference between a coffer and a mule chest?

A coffer is a plain lift-lid chest with a single open interior. A mule chest is the same thing with one to three drawers built into the base. Both turn up throughout the category. Coffer appears in a third of titles on Sellingantiques, mule in a little over a quarter, and 'oak mule' is the single commonest phrase of all.

Which wood do Georgian chests usually come in?

Oak, by a wide margin. It's named in more than half of all titles, and the joined and panelled oak coffer is the shape the category is built around. Pine and elm make up the next group, mostly blanket and bedding boxes. Mahogany and walnut appear on the purpose-made pieces. Anything else, camphorwood, cedar, teak, chestnut, is scarce across the whole archive.

Are Welsh chests a separate group?

Yes, and it's the one strongly regional strand in the category. Welsh appears in a couple of dozen titles, often as Welsh oak. The coffrau bach, the little chests, are the notable part. They're the smallest things listed and they reach the very top of the range. Welsh work is also rising as a share of live stock.

Why are some pieces dated 19th century or Victorian?

The dated field spans 1700 to 1920, so a few pieces filed under this heading sit either side of the Georgian span. A handful of 17th Century and Victorian entries appear too. The profile is still overwhelmingly Georgian and 18th Century. Only 71 of 442 listings carry a clean year at all; the rest sit under period labels.

What is a coffer bach?

A small Welsh oak chest, the name meaning 'little chest'. Dealers spell it coffer bach, coffor bach or coffr bach, and around two dozen titles use one form or another. Some stand on turned feet. Despite the size, inlaid examples sit at the upper end of the category.

Do travelling trunks belong in this category?

They do. Trunk appears in roughly one in six titles, though a smaller share of those are true travelling trunks rather than box-shaped storage chests. Leather, hide and metal-bound examples turn up, along with brass studding and camphorwood. Odd things surface once or twice: a whaling sea chest, a mail carriage strong box, a pony-skin trunk.

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A Georgian chest is a lidded storage box of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, made to hold linen, blankets, valuables or plate before drawers and wardrobes were common in the house.

Antique Mail Carriage Strong Box, English, Oak, Security Chest, Early Georgian

18th century

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Antique Mail Carriage Strong Box, English, Oak, Security Chest, Early Georgian

From London Fine Antiques

£2,450

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18th century

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Georgian Oak Blanket Box Trunk W. Sharp

From Shaun King Antiques

£685

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18th century

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Georgian Oak Mule Chest

From Nicholas Little Antiques

£580

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19th century

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Antique Painted Pine Box 1800s

From Pinefinders

£627

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Miniature Welsh Inlaid Box or Chest, Circa 1780

18th century

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Miniature Welsh Inlaid Box or Chest, Circa 1780

From WelshAntiques

£580

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George III Mahogany Dowry Chest on Stand

18th century

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George III Mahogany Dowry Chest on Stand

From Georgian Antiques

£3,500

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18th century

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Antique English 18th Century Georgian Oak Joined & Panelled Coffer Chest Blanket Box Trunk (Circa 1720)

From Yolanda Gray Antiques

£895

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Welsh Coffor Bach on Turned Feet 1720-50

18th century

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Welsh Coffor Bach on Turned Feet 1720-50

From Havard and Havard

£2,200

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18th century

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An Absolutely Lovely 18th Century Oak Coffer or Blanket Box.

From Designer Antiques4u

£495

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19thc Bedding Chest or Box on Bracket Feet.

19th century

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19thc Bedding Chest or Box on Bracket Feet.

From Limited Editions

£275

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The top sale on Sellingantiques in the last year was a late Georgian Chinese export leather and brass banded travelling trunk from Canton, circa 1820.

19th century

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19th Century Mahogany Cellarette of Sarcophagus Form

From Martlesham Antiques

£1,750

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Early 18thc Pine Coffer with Long Drawer

18th century

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Early 18thc Pine Coffer with Long Drawer

From Helios and Co Antiques

£795

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19th century

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Nineteenth Century Mahogany Box

From Ropeworks Antiques

£365

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18th century

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18th Century Welsh Oak Coffer Bach

From Elaine Phillips Antiques Ltd

£1,850

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19th century

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Black Leather Regency Trunk

From Claire Langley Antiques

£1,400

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18th century

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Georgian Oak Mule Chest

From Brookside Antiques

£775

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Georgian Chests

Antique Mail Carriage Strong Box, English, Oak, Security Chest, Early Georgian

Georgian Oak Blanket Box Trunk W. Sharp

Georgian Oak Mule Chest

Antique Painted Pine Box 1800s

Miniature Welsh Inlaid Box or Chest, Circa 1780

George III Mahogany Dowry Chest on Stand

Antique English 18th Century Georgian Oak Joined & Panelled Coffer Chest Blanket Box Trunk (Circa 1720)

Welsh Coffor Bach on Turned Feet 1720-50

An Absolutely Lovely 18th Century Oak Coffer or Blanket Box.

19thc Bedding Chest or Box on Bracket Feet.

19th Century Mahogany Cellarette of Sarcophagus Form

Early 18thc Pine Coffer with Long Drawer

Nineteenth Century Mahogany Box

18th Century Welsh Oak Coffer Bach

Black Leather Regency Trunk

Georgian Oak Mule Chest

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