Cupboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1690 (with alterations)
Materials
Oak, walnut, brass
Measurements
235 cm (H); 220 cm (W); 84 cm (D)
Place of origin
Netherlands
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196557
Summary
A walnut cupboard or kast, Dutch, late 17th century with later additions and carvings. The moulded cornice with an applied ebonised panel depicting a biblical scene above a pair of panelled cupboard doors flanked by pilasters above two drawers with moulded lozenge decoration. Later applied ebonised carvings of scrolling foliage and figures, raised on block feet.
Provenance
Speke Hall and its contents were bequeathed, as a secondary devise, to the National Trust by Adelaide Watt (d.1921) in 1943. Speke was initially bequeathed to the Norris family (who built the original house during the 16th century). It was then leased to Liverpool City Council and later to the Museums Department of Merseyside County Council. The National Trust took over direct management of the house and its contents in 1986.
Marks and inscriptions
ERRICHLAS DICH NICH DVSEC NEST MICH DEN (carved above Jacob and the Angel)