Bench End
1400-1500 (made)
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Oak bench end with with foliated poppy-head carved on both sides
Object details
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| Brief description | Bench end, English, 1400-1500, from a church in Norfolk or Suffolk |
| Physical description | Oak bench end with with foliated poppy-head carved on both sides |
| Credit line | Given By Mr F. C. Eeles |
| Bibliographic reference | Charles Tracy, English Medieval Furniture and Woodwork (London, 1988), cat. no. 188.
'BENCH END, one of four (Mus. Nos. W.74-1914 – W.77-1914) carved on both sides; foliated poppy-head, the lower part of standard buttressed and moulded at both ends. 107 x 38.1 cm
Given By Mr F. C. Eeles Oak. 15th century 65 X 34.6 cm Mus. No. W.75-1924
From a church in Norfolk or Suffolk, purchased in Bury St Edmund’s, these bench-ends were thought by the donor to have come from the north of Suffolk. Plenty of examples of outward, rather than axially facing figures placed on the buttresses of bench-ends can be cited from that area, including Wilby (FIG.42) or Athelington. The Rattlesden, Suffolk, poppy-head is the best known example of foliage turning into a human mask (FIG.43). The museum's specimen is different in that the lower part of the carving takes the form of the mask’s body.' |
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| Accession number | W.75-1924 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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