Collinge Antiques

Description

Delightful little mid 18th.c. Welsh oak coffor bach c.1760. Less than two feet wide. Small box (internal height 6½") with a shallow pitched lid (an unusual feature) on old iron hinges and with a working lock. Plus a single drawer in the base. Simple applied moulding at the waist and shaped feet at the front and sides. Solid oak throughout. Very good condition with some earlier repairs and restorations. Cleaned and waxed in our workshops. Key supplied.

A form of furniture unique to Wales, coffor bach (literally small coffer) were essentially dowry chests, given to a woman when she married and traditionally passed down the generations through the female line. They were used to store small personal and valuable items.

Dimensions: Width 22½" Height 14½" Depth 13"
Please contact us for more images, delivery and shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. 01492 580022.