An English carved oak standing panelled livery cupboard part 16th century

with a modern oak top and conforming detachable stand, the central heraldic device or rebus with initials 'WL' within a scrolled cartouche, the flanking panels with stylised foliate geometric design, one front stile branded with initials 'WA', the door with traces of aeration apertures

Illustrated and discussed Michael Dann, The English Smile; English Furniture and The Renaissance 1490-1590, Plymouth, 2006, p. 146-149

The modern components are well made, there are though, some minor partial splits to these areas. The cupboard with old chipping, wear, and some minor fragmenting. Ghosting from a former cornice moulding. Door re-built and with various restorations. The door handle and hinges later. The sides with typical splits to the panels. The rear of the cupboard with loose panel and a lot of fragmenting and worm to the frame. This lot is an interesting study of conservation and the new components are a good approximation of what they replace.
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The central panel with its carved devices is possibly a rebus with griffin and barrel or 'tun'. Perhaps this is to be read as Griffton or Dann writes that Liton or Leyton are a more likely suggestion, griffin being a combination of lion and eagle.

For another livery cupboard which also features a 'tun', possibly for the Weston family from Sutton Place in Surrey see Percy Macquoid, The Age of Oak and Walnut, London, 1938, p. 43, fig. 42.