Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Recently Added and a fitted interior with

and a fitted interior with pigeonholes with removable doors and drawers each fitted with an oval gilded name label

A good pair of antique carved mahogany Georgian Regency country house hall chairs

The patina is a warm deep honey color and the chest has just lovingly received a coat of wax in Bloomsbury's workshops

From an important private collection

with matching upholstered bed bases/box spring

Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Recently Added and a fitted interior withA good antique English, Charles II (Carolean) period carved oak bible or document box, circa 1680. Such boxes were particularly popular in the 17th century, when printed bibles were very expensive and a treasured family possession. The bible was most likely the only book owned by a family and was also the means of recording births, deaths & marriages which would be written on the flyleaf or endpapers. They were also used to protect other important