George I Welsh Boarded Box (Gower Peninsular) the plank hinged lid above a frieze carved with pairs of radiating flowerheads centred by the initials "JH" and dated 1718.
The interior fitted with a partitioned trough to one end.  The interior lining paper is from the Stamford Mercury (Lincolnshire) newspaper of 1816.
Width 72cms x depth 43cms x height 30.5cms

Literature: R.Bebb Welsh Furniture 1250-1950 illustrates a box from Gower, Glamorgan with comparable carving