17thc oak spice box

A charming oak spice box from the mid to the late 17thc containing drawers and a lock which was replaced sometime in the late 19thc but still retaining it`s original iron escutchion plate. Spices were rare and expensive so had to be behind lock and key, this has the fine original iron hinges & is very finely made with sunken panels to the door & the sides, with applied scratch mouldings, this would have been a very expensive item when new, the drawers have brass knobs that are not original but are old.

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Oak

Roger Grimes Antiques

Trading since 1977 we are members of the Irish Antiques Dealers association I.A.D.A. , C.I.N.O.A. & I.O.B.A. We specialise in genuine antiques from the 16thc to the mid 20thc, we do NOT stock reproductions. we are both known worldwide for over 38 years as a book & antique specialists with over ten thousand books & thousands of antiques in stock mostly bought privately , over seventeen hundred books online and slowly growing, we usually have fabulously leather bound sets of books & antiques for the decorator, also we have the biggest selection of old & vintage prints in Ireland with some maps, all mounted & wrapped ready for framing some of these will soon be on the website. Most of our stock is bought privately by invitation from old houses in Ireland and so is all fresh to the market & includes Irish , English & Scottish fine Silver, silver plate, brass, copper, ironwork, early oak & small mahogany furniture, English 18th & 19thc porcelain & ceramics, early lighting, fishing tackle & books on the subject in fact much more than is online so please email or phone us for your requirements vrmayo@gmail.com 00353(0)872339221

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