Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Decorative Arts the teapot with the original

the teapot with the original scrolled wooden handle

Some of his works were later produced by Francois Rudier & Arthur Goldscheider

The top of each sconce is inset with a Sevres porcelain portrait miniature of  Princess Elizabeth the Sister of Louis XVI & Madame De Montesson the wife of Louis Philippe Duke of Orleans

Nathaniel Mills Birmingham 1840

or verses from the Qur'an

Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Decorative Arts the teapot with the originalA 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