A Charles I boarded oak mural open glass-case, West Country, circa 1640
The slightly recessed pediment with crescent-carved applied front edge mouldings, above two further shelves, the middle-shelf enclosed within a double-scroll and prominent flowerhead centred arch, and with a cusp-profiled and punched-decorated front moulding, with stiff-leaf carving to the applied front edge and base mouldings, 65cm wide x 14cm deep x 94.5cm high, (25 1/2in wide x 5 1/2in deep x 37in high)
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Provenance:Gabriel Olive Collection Purchased by Roger Warner, Burford, Oxfordshire, in 1967Sold Christie's, 'The Roger Warner Collection', South Kensington, 20 - 21 January 2009, Lot 53Included with this Lot is an annotated and dated envelope containing two small pieces of detached moulding, given by Gabriel Olive, the present vendor's father, to Roger Warner. Never having been repaired, this envelope has been a constant presence on the top shelf of this glass case for over half a century.