Enquiry information

A RARE AND UNUSUAL PAIR OF DEEPLY CARVED ENGLISH OAK "MERRY MAKING" PANELS. CIRCA 1580.

THESE PROBABLY UNIQUE ENGLISH OAK PANELS ARE EXTREMELY DEEPLY CARVED, THEY DEPICT A JOLLY HUMOROUS LANDLORD/PUBLICAN POURING ALE FROM AN ALE JUG INTO A TANKARD. THE WAY THE CARVER HAS EXECUTED EVERY INCH OF THE PANEL IS QUITE UNUSUAL. SQUEEZING THE WHOLE OF THE FIGURE INTO THE PANEL, ALMOST AS IF THE FIGURE IS A CONTORTIONIST. SET IN A GOUGE CARVED FRAME.
FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION.

14" WIDE X 20" HIGH X 1.75" DEEP INCLUDING THE FRAME.