COURT CUPBOARDS open base
Well-turned and carved melons (cup and cover). Again, note that the pattern does not need to match, also the box or holly and ebony inlay on the base appears in a mild form on the top of the two drawers. These were used as Tudor status symbols which could be employed to display the family silver when a show of wealth was required. c. 1600
The end of the road for the court cupboard (which incidentally haunts British furniture in the form of huge mahogany trolleys ‘Buffets’ still to be seen in old hotels). The carving is weak and stylised, the turned supports a shadow of their former selves. Could even be a fake, and frankly, on an aesthetic level, if the colour of the original has gone there is a surprisingly small difference between them.
Mid-17th century
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