Bidspirit auction | 1548 Oak Ark

1548 Oak Ark - S i m p l y  E x t r a o r d i n a r y This is 16th Century flat pack furniture purely designed to store food securely and help make bread. Rare and defiantly of Museum Quality - the V & A have a similar one dated at 1550. This one is 1548 because of the date being carved into it.  The lid is hinged without hinges and flips over to be a kneading trough.  Shakespeare had a smaller one, that is in Anne Hathaway's cottage and he almost served time for tax evasion for not paying the tax on the food he stockpiled and sold on at times of famine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-21993857