Very old bible chair belonged to John Knox 1500's !!
Hello, i was recently turned on to this forum by a friend and i thought maybe someone could help me find a way to get this chair appraised. It was passed down to me from my family originally bought by my great grandmother from an auction in England. I still have the receipt from the auction. It says it was owned by a man named John Knox who was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. This is a link to the wiki about him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knox . I believe this chair is from the 1500's and is in pretty good condition. I've never dealt with antiques before but i am really interested in what everyone thinks about this cool piece i have.
Hello, i was recently turned on to this forum by a friend and i thought maybe someone could help me find a way to get this chair appraised. It was passed down to me from my family originally bought by my great grandmother from an auction in England. I still have the receipt from the auction. It says it was owned by a man named John Knox who was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. This is a link to the wiki about him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knox . I believe this chair is from the 1500's and is in pretty good condition. I've never dealt with antiques before but i am really interested in what everyone thinks about this cool piece i have.
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Im having my mother email more photos and ill post them up later today. Thanks for sharing the topic, any insight i can get is very exciting to me. The chair in the background I don't have as much information about. It is also very old a slightly darker wood and a beautiful almost pineapple like crest in the middle. The Knox chair was bought from an auction in the early 1900's by my great grandmother in London and there is some sort of shipping receipt and a bill of sale from the auction that says something identifying that it was believed to be his chair. It was pretty expensive back then i think like 1,000 dollars maybe. My mother has the paperwork i will try to get her to take a picture of that as well. I'm not sure of the wood type maybe it says on the documents. It also has a drawer on one side of the seat of the chair I'm guessing to place the bible. I will be calling those numbers you gave me very soon and i will definitely keep you up to date with what people are saying about it. Thanks again! - Thomas
