An unusual mid-16th century carved oak panel, English, circa 1550


Topped by an unusual male portrait head of a bishop, wearing a mitre and with a flowing beard, atop a more conventional carving of a moulded saltire with leaf filled 'spandrels' between two uprights, one topped by a spiral, the other with a lozenge finial, 21.5cm wide x 1.5cm deep x 39cm high, (8in wide x 0 1/2in deep x 15in high)