A large grooved chest with socle Renaissance juniper (or cedar) grooved decoration with groovings filled with black mass (grall nut) "Caryatid, griffins and arcade", punched tops of the boards, iron mounts, interior with pigeonhole Portuguese - Azores 16th C. (2nd half) cut socle, non-original hinges, restoration, minor faults and defects Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 52 x 110 x 47,5 cm Notes: this type of ark was studied in FERRÃO, Bernardo - "Mobiliário Português - dos primórdios ao maneirismo - volume quarto - Anexos", Lello & Irmãos - Editores, Porto, 1990, pp. 7 a 35, reproducing various copies.