Wooden Chest
Name/Title
Wooden Chest
Date Made
1597
Medium and Materials
Elm wood and metal
Public Description (About this object)
Large wooden chest, with metal locks and clasps. Recorded in the Churchwardens account 1597 : payment for an item ‘ffor making of a new stronge cheaste to stand in’ it is made of elm. (NB – another record notes 1570?) Early security device with two different keys to open it. Probably stored old documents or vestments, now stores Chinese bibles.
Object number
SMITF.H.115