Lot 290
  • 290

A rare set of Three English carved oak Panels early 16th century

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 39.5cm. high, 22cm. wide; 1ft. 3½in., 8¾in.
the central panel depicting the crowned fleur-de-lys badge of King Edward III, the other panels with portcullis, one with the Tudor badge incorporating the red rose of Lancaster and the other panel with the white rose of York, each with rope twist surround

Condition

Attractive patination, ageing and wear. Some scuffing and fragmenting commensurate with age. One rose panel with splits and loss of moulding at surmount with fragmenting. Lower border with chipping and wear. The reverse applied with partial paper and tape. The other rose panel with loose and worn old fracture to surmount. With paper attached to the reverse on this site. The remaining panel with old filled aperture in left rope twist border. An interesting group that would probably have been part of a chest.
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Catalogue Note

A portcullis motif is used and could well represent the Beaufort family, whose badge this was. If this is the case the panels could come from a chest associated with Raglan Castle, Chepstow, the seat of the Beaufort family.