Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Drawings & Prints Jean-Michel Cels was a Belgian

Jean-Michel Cels was a Belgian landscape painter born in the Hague as the son of the painter Cornelis Cels

5 cm X 14 cm

The plate hand-painted to the center with enameled flowers

The painting is signed & dated 1826 and has the full title of the view

Antique Tudor Elizabethan Henry VIII Oak Sword Six Plank Coffer Chest Trunk, Circa 1540 Drawings & Prints Jean-Michel Cels was a BelgianAntique Tudor Elizabethan oak six plank boarded coffer sword chest, circa 1540. The coffer from the period of King Henry VIII having a hinged lid enclosing a storage area lined with 19th century newspapers, the sides, rear and base all of joined plank construction. The lid having handcut steel hinges most likely replaced in the 17th century from the previous steel 'snipe' hinges, the chest retaining the original handcut steel lock plate to the front.