Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Drawings & Prints having scrolling foliate above &

having scrolling foliate above & musical instruments below

Alexander Calder

or Yakjang

by Michelangelo Meucci (1840-1909)

Antique 17th Century Charles II Carved Oak Bible Document Box 6 Plank Trunk 1680 Drawings & Prints having scrolling foliate above &A 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