Panel carved with a figure of a man sitting in the top of a tree
Maker: Unknown
Oak, carved and painted wood. Carved with a figure of a man sitting in the top of a tree, he grips a bough with his left hand, his right resting on the same branch, he is being spoken to by an angel in the right hand corner. Beside the trunk stands a young man, who holds in his left hand an axe, clasping a chopped off branch with his right. His right foot rests on a shortened branch, his left on the ground. At the base of the tree is an axe with a broken shaft and in the bottom left hand corner a small house. There is a lettered panel top and bottom and scrolls on the two sides: top panel, MAT(HU)SALE(H) BILD A/HVS; left and right scrolls, IVO BILD A HOV(SE) VORS(ELF) and BR(IN)G VI MIAS BOI SA??; and bottom panel, FATHER HOLD Y AX
History note: Bequeathed by an elderly King's Lynn lady to Fred Partridge (solicitor, died 1929). Given to W. Leake (Boynton House, Hunstanton, Norfolk) by the daughters of F. Partridge.
Given by Walter Leake
Height: 18 1/8 in
Width: 9 3/4 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1953) by Leake, Walter
16th Century
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Circa
1500
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1550
Decoration composed of paint
Carving : Oak panel, carved and painted
Inscription present: the lettering at the top seems to be spoken by the angel 'Methuselah build a house'
Inscription present: right and left scrolls spoken by Methuselah to the boy (possibly his grandson Noah), seem to be 'I will build a house for us - Bring up my axe boy'
Inscription present: words spoken by the boy to his father, 'Father hold or behold the axe'
Accession number: M.4-1953
Primary reference Number: 30035
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_4_1953
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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