SALES ARCHIVE
A WONDERFUL AND RARE PAIR OF 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH OVER-DOOR LINTELS. CIRCA 1480-1500.
THESE BEAUTIFUL AND DEEPLY CARVED ENGLISH PANELS WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN ABOVE AN INNER ENTRANCE DOOR TO A MEDIEVAL HOUSE.
ONE CARVED WITH A DRAGON THE OTHER A BASILIK, EACH BREATHING OUT CARVED FOLIAGE. MOST PROBABLY PLACED ABOVE AN ENTRANCE TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS , AS BOTH CREATURES ARE FIERCE AND EVIL TO WARD OFF UNWANTED ENTRANTS.
PROVENANCE.
THIS PAIR OF MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LINTEL CARVINGS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM THE THAMES SIDE VILLAGE OF “HAMPTON WICK” GREATER LONDON.
A PAPER LABEL ON THE REVERSE OF ONE PANEL EXPLAINS THAT THEY WERE BOTH REMOVED FROM A RIVERSIDE HOUSE AT HAMPTON WICK IN THE LATE 1960s.
RECENTLY ACQUIRED FROM A PRIVATE US COLLECTION.
STOCK NO 2037.
THESE BEAUTIFUL AND DEEPLY CARVED ENGLISH PANELS WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN ABOVE AN INNER ENTRANCE DOOR TO A MEDIEVAL HOUSE.
ONE CARVED WITH A DRAGON THE OTHER A BASILIK, EACH BREATHING OUT CARVED FOLIAGE. MOST PROBABLY PLACED ABOVE AN ENTRANCE TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS , AS BOTH CREATURES ARE FIERCE AND EVIL TO WARD OFF UNWANTED ENTRANTS.
PROVENANCE.
THIS PAIR OF MEDIEVAL ENGLISH LINTEL CARVINGS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM THE THAMES SIDE VILLAGE OF “HAMPTON WICK” GREATER LONDON.
A PAPER LABEL ON THE REVERSE OF ONE PANEL EXPLAINS THAT THEY WERE BOTH REMOVED FROM A RIVERSIDE HOUSE AT HAMPTON WICK IN THE LATE 1960s.
RECENTLY ACQUIRED FROM A PRIVATE US COLLECTION.
STOCK NO 2037.
Dimensions:
Height: 8 inches (20.3 cms)
Length: 26 inches (66.0 cms)
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;setlink(); "A WONDERFUL AND RARE PAIR OF 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH OVER-DOOR LINTELS. CIRCA 1480-1500.")
;setlink(); "A WONDERFUL AND RARE PAIR OF 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH OVER-DOOR LINTELS. CIRCA 1480-1500.")
;setlink(); "A WONDERFUL AND RARE PAIR OF 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH OVER-DOOR LINTELS. CIRCA 1480-1500.")
