A Large and impressive 17th century English Jacobean carved oak hall bench with a scrolling pediment top with relief arched panels with carved busts depicting Mercury and Vulcan, featuring a backrest with the carved inscription “A Ryghte Joyouse and Kyndly Welcome Too Ye All” over a relief carved Greek classical battle scene with the inscription “Ye Amazons doing Battel With Ye Greek Warriors”, and below this “Seeke Ye All After Goode and Doo Ye Goode and Bee Ye Kynde Too All”, with the maker’s date “1648” appearing to the right and left. On the apron of the bench appears the dedication “John Milton•Mary”

Dimensions:
Length- 205cm
Width- 75cm
Height- 190cm