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18th Century Camphor or blanket wooden chest with Brass, Osnabrück, Anno 1784

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18th Century Camphor or blanket wooden chest with Brass, Osnabrück, Anno 1784 A Camphor wooden chest, mounted with brass, raised on ball feet and original handles at the sides with falcons. In the middle on top of the lid is a brass medallion with the family coat of arms of Christian Rudolph Von Lengerke. (in the medallion the letters C.R. on the left and right V.L.) The coat of arms (fig.3): (see pictures) Description of the coat of arms: Silver hunting falcon with red hood and right claw raised at a right angle with left claw. Nut growing on a brown branch from the right edge of the shield. Falcon looks to the left and stands on your blue shield. The animal of the coat of arms is repeated on a helmet, turned to the side, the visor raised and the visor bars protruding, between two outspread wings, divided into blue and silver. In the 17th century, four letters accompanied the falcon in the four corners of the shield: P.T.S.L. Post tenebras spero Luca / After the darkness hope for light Post tenebras sequiter lux / After the darkness comes light Post speculum tempora longa / After this age will come further ones Pulsis tenebris satir lux / After the darkness is dispelled, brighter light follows The camphor wooden chest was probably commissioned for Christain Rudolph Von Lengerke (1736-1810) Merchant in Osnabrück may have married Anna Amelie Block (1740-1797) in 1764 The measurement is 61,5 cm high (closed), 97,5 cm wide and the depth is 52,5 cm The chest has an empty interior and no key available
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24.22 in (61.5 cm)Width: 38.39 in (97.5 cm)Depth: 20.67 in (52.5 cm)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1784
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Delft, NL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: M18631stDibs: LU3465142277372

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