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Elizabethan Oak Coffer with Carving and Inlay Details
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Elizabethan Oak Coffer with Carving and Inlay Details

17th century
Sold 12 August 2025 · Colton Antiques
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Description

Elizabethan Oak Coffer with Carvings

With Ebony and Oak Inlay Details

In Original Showroom Condition

Dimensions:

* Width - 142cm

* Height - 76cm

* Depth - 61cm

Date of Manufacture

Colton Antiques has dated this Elizabethan Oak Coffer to the Before 1700 period.

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SA1153063
Dealers Internal Reference
059
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Description
Elizabethan Oak Coffer with Carvings

With Ebony and Oak Inlay Details

In Original Showroom Condition

Dimensions:

Width - 142cm

Height - 76cm

Depth - 61cm

Date of Manufacture

Colton Antiques has dated this Elizabethan Oak Coffer to the Before 1700 period.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1153063
Dealers Internal Ref
059
Colton Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2024
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An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

Elizabethan Oak Coffer with Carving and Inlay Details

Archive II An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View II
Archive III An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View III
Archive IV An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View IV
Archive V An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View V
Archive VI An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View VI
Archive VII An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View VII
Archive VIII An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View VIII
Archive IX An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid. View IX
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Colton Antiques
Telephone 07973 797098
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Essex
United Kingdom
Dealer Profile Page sellingantiques.co.uk/colton
Verified Since Oct 2024
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Items Sold 14
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An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid.
Elizabethan Oak Coffer with Carving and Inlay Details
Ref: SA1153063
An antique dark oak coffer featuring heavily carved arched panels, inlaid banding along the frieze, and a boarded lid.
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  • ObjectCoffers and Chests
  • Period17th century
  • StyleElizabethan
  • MaterialOak, Marquetry Inlay
  • ColourDark Brown
  • MotifsArched panel carvings, Geometric inlay banding, Stylised leaf motifs, Pegged frame construction

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Elizabethan furniture is characterised by heavy, solid oak construction, geometric mouldings, and intricate relief carvings often featuring stylised foliage, arcade motifs, and marquetry inlay.

These pieces were typically constructed from rift-sawn English oak using traditional joinery methods such as mortise and tenon joints, pegged frames, and hand-split board panels.

Authentic period pieces exhibit hand-tool marks, natural timber shrinkage, oxidisation and wear consistent with age, historic ironwork hinges, and pegged construction without modern metal fasteners.

An antique oak coffer provides functional storage and textual contrast in contemporary spaces, serving effectively as a coffee table substitute, a hallway blanket box, or an anchor piece beneath modern abstract art.

Preservation requires maintaining stable indoor humidity levels, avoiding direct sunlight and heat sources, and occasionally applying microcrystalline wax to nourish and protect the aged timber surface.
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