Elizabethan Corbel Beam SupportA carved oak corbel beam support displaying a horned male head in hig
Elizabethan Corbel Beam SupportA carved oak corbel beam support displaying a horned male head in high relief; ovoid with fierce-looking lentoid eyes, curiously scrolled ears of bovine (or ovicaprid?) character, large upturned bull’s horns, flame-like locks of hair ringed by a headband mounted with seven balls, a neatly-trimmed Elizabethan-style beard, and a flowing walrus mustache with ends turned up to echo his upturned bull’s horns; apparently of British workmanship, with old iron suspension plate to the reverse. 3.2 kg, 35x21.5cm (13 ¾ x 8 ½"). -- source link
#history#post medieval#elizabethan#male head#horned#english#british