Elizabethan oak joined chest constructed to remarkably high standards consistent with mid-sixteenth-century fixed woodwork produced in and around London. Mitered joints, floating muntins, fully finished back, lid with quartered panels, and fine-grained, radially-cut timber throughout. Undisturbed surface consists of one coat of original thin, red stain. Original lock-plate.

Elizabethan oak box carved on front and sides with two rows of gouge and stamp accented arcades, set between bands of incised molding. Original hinges and lock-plate. Undisturbed surface.