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AN EXTREMELY RARE EARLY 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH OAK BOOK STAND / LECTERN.CIRCA 1400.

AN EXTREMELY RARE EARLY 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH OAK BOOK STAND / LECTERN.CIRCA 1400.

IN THE FORM OF THE PELICAN OF PIETY, PROBABLY INTENDED FOR USE ON A TABLE OR DESK TOP. THERE ARE MINOR OLD LOSES OF FEATHERS TO ONE WING AND THE ORIGINAL APPLIED WREST FROM ATOP OF THE BACK IS NOW MISSING, PRESENCE OF WHICH IS INDICATED BY FLATTENED SPOTS AND NAIL HOLES ON THE BACKS OF THE NECK AND WINGS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE ENGLISH TABLE LECTERN. CIRCA 1400.
20" HIGH X 14" WIDE X 20" DEEP.
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