CIRCA 1500

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AN ENGLISH OAK HERALDIC ANGEL FROM A HAMMERBEAM CEILING
CIRCA 1500
With detachable wings, holding a shield carved with the family crest of the Earls of Derby
38 in. (97 cm.) high

来源

By repute, the chapel (now demolished) of Knowsley Hall, Nr. Liverpool, the ancestral home of the Stanley family, the Earls of Derby. The shield bears the Derby family crest of an eagle with wings extended over a baby

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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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For similar oak angels from ceilings see English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork, V & A publications, 1984, pp. 43-45, figs 6 and 7. The eight hammer-beam ends of the roof at St Mary's church in Cilcain, Nr. Mold, North Wales, have very similar angels with shields carved with Instruments of the Passion. Wendreda, March, Cambridgeshire has further examples