A rare Elizabeth I carved oak figural pilaster, circa 1570 A rare Elizabeth I carved oak figural pilaster, circa 1570 A rare Elizabeth I carved oak figural pilaster, circa 1570 A rare Elizabeth I carved oak figural pilaster, circa 1570 A rare Elizabeth I carved oak figural pilaster, circa 1570 A rare Elizabeth I carved oak figural pilaster, circa 1570

A rare Elizabeth I carved oak figural pilaster, circa 1570

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Designed as a male, with full facial hair and wearing a wide brimmed hat, floor length gown with long sleeves and open collar, holding an aspersorium, a stoup for holy water, topped by an Ionic capital and standing on a dolphin mask scroll

See a stall-end at St. Michael, Milverton, Somerset, for a carved holy water vessel and sprinkler, illustrated J. C. D. Smith, 'A Guide to Church Woodcarvings' (1974), p. 31

  • Height 39.3 cm / 15 "
  • Width 8 cm / 3 1⁄4"
  • Depth 5.6 cm / 2 "

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