Box commode
Category
Furniture
Date
1700
Materials
Oak, tin and brass
Measurements
510 x 555 x 440 mm
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509679.1
Summary
Rectangular oak box/commode, hinged lid, decorated with double reeded borders to edges and front, raised on shaped bracket feet. Brass bail side handles with pierced rosette backplates and ornate lock. Later tin liner, BHH/F/017/2. 1700 (circa).
Provenance
Made in 1700. Owned by Mary Clementina Benthall (1879-1960). Transferred to the ownership of the National Trust with the contents of Benthall Hall in the Deed Of Gift made by Mary Clementina Benthall and dated 8th August 1958. Recorded in the Inventory Of National Trust Property At Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963.