A Charles II oak close stool, circa 1680


The near-square hinged lid of two boards with ovolo-moulded edge, above a plain railed under-frieze, the boards forming the front and sides with applied mouldings to simulate panelled construction, on block and ball-turned legs joined by a similarly turned H-form stretcher, with turned feet, 43.5cm wide x 32cm deep x 48cm high, (17in wide x 12 1/2in deep x 18 1/2in high)