Monumental Antique Georgian Joined Oak Mule Dowry Chest Coffer Yorkshire 1720 Recently Added The base with a ground

The base with a ground pontil mark

subsequently destroyed in the great Chicago fire of 1871

the chest is raised on a shaped skirt plinth

The bronze having the original patina and is in excellent condition

Monumental Antique Georgian Joined Oak Mule Dowry Chest Coffer Yorkshire 1720 Recently Added The base with a groundA very good, monumental antique oak mule chest, dowry coffer, Yorkshire, England circa 1720. This chest is of very unusual large size, the lift up lid enclosing a substantial storage area, the front of the coffer with four deeply carved panels and an engraved brass escutcheon lock plate above and the carved initials "C M". The base of the coffer is fitted with two long drawers, each side of the coffer with two corresponding panels, the chest is raised