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A RARE ENGLISH MEDIEVAL OAK CARVED CORBEL. CIRCA 1480.

COMPLETE WITH ITS TENON WITH SIX PEG HOLES, THIS WONDERFUL HEAVY CARVED CORBEL WAS DISCOVERED IN A DERELICT TOILET WHILE DEMOLISHING AN EARLY BUILDING IN SHREWSBURY ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THE CENTRAL DEORATION TO A JOINT OF SEVERAL BEAM JOINTS, HENCE THE SIX PEG HOLES. POSSIBLY FROM A VAULTED CEILING JOINT DECORATION.TRACES OF POLYCHROME DECORATION.

31" HIGH X 7" WIDE X 6.5" DEEP.

STOCK NO 1450.