Table/box
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880 (with earlier elements)
Materials
Oak, brass
Measurements
105.5 cm (H); 81 cm (W); 44 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196568
Summary
An oak table box on a later oak stand, the box part mid 17th century with alterations, the stand late 19th century. The table box with a later hinged angled top enclosing two small drawers, carved to the frieze with a strap work design. Two front twist turned supports, the back panel incorporating two lozenges flanked by bobbin turned uprights raised on a plinth base with four bun feet. The box with a later fitted Chubb lock no.893287 (c.1880).
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.