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<p>[QUOTE="Hanty, post: 10178163, member: 85081"]Hi all,</p><p><br /></p><p>My family received what we believe to be an old corbel in a job lot a few months back, with all sorts of weird stuff. E.g. a retiring present from a famous local coach, to decent pottery. We originally overlooked it, but now we're trying to source some sort of knowledge on it, but it's proving very difficult. Originally, I shared this corbel on reddit on R/Antiques and have had a variety of responses. The original thread is here: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Antiques/comments/1gbuow7/is_this_a_wooden_corbel_from_a_church_found_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Antiques/comments/1gbuow7/is_this_a_wooden_corbel_from_a_church_found_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/Antiques/comments/1gbuow7/is_this_a_wooden_corbel_from_a_church_found_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button</a></p><p><br /></p><p>We believe that it's some form of corbel from a church or home dating back to the 19th maybe 18th century. This is looking at dowels being used and design, however this is all we can depict. It could be a knight, a bearded man, even a god. However we can't find anything remotely similar.</p><p><br /></p><p>We've also had a curve ball thrown into the mix, as some have said it looks a lot like the Kon-Tiki (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>It DOES very much look like the Kon-Tiki logo (<a href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaPRJ_AoR0EYspJn6Bh3w-pM_sUubCK8xDNQ&s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaPRJ_AoR0EYspJn6Bh3w-pM_sUubCK8xDNQ&s" rel="nofollow">https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaPRJ_AoR0EYspJn6Bh3w-pM_sUubCK8xDNQ&s</a>), but it feels older. That's not saying someone hasn't carved it inspired post 1947. Some features are off such as the brows and the mouth, the eyes are square etc, but I'd be lying if I said they didn't look alike.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wood appears to be oak, it's pretty heavy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone shed any light on this mysterious piece of wood? I would like to look into it more, however I don't know where to start, who to contact and what to ask. It may not even be a corbel! It could be off a chair for all we know. That's just our guess.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for any knowledge shared!</p><p><br /></p><p>- Hannah</p><p><br /></p><p>To add, we're in the UK, the job lot was bought in Lancashire.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_64c73828-jpg.509014/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_94fafdc6-jpg.509015/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_2f21ad5c-jpg.509016/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_7ef88b06-jpg.509017/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-28_59ab29ae-jpg.509019/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_8c8a0230-jpg.509018/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hanty, post: 10178163, member: 85081"]Hi all, My family received what we believe to be an old corbel in a job lot a few months back, with all sorts of weird stuff. E.g. a retiring present from a famous local coach, to decent pottery. We originally overlooked it, but now we're trying to source some sort of knowledge on it, but it's proving very difficult. Originally, I shared this corbel on reddit on R/Antiques and have had a variety of responses. The original thread is here: [URL]https://www.reddit.com/r/Antiques/comments/1gbuow7/is_this_a_wooden_corbel_from_a_church_found_in_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button[/URL] We believe that it's some form of corbel from a church or home dating back to the 19th maybe 18th century. This is looking at dowels being used and design, however this is all we can depict. It could be a knight, a bearded man, even a god. However we can't find anything remotely similar. We've also had a curve ball thrown into the mix, as some have said it looks a lot like the Kon-Tiki ([URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon-Tiki_expedition[/URL]) It DOES very much look like the Kon-Tiki logo ([URL]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaPRJ_AoR0EYspJn6Bh3w-pM_sUubCK8xDNQ&s[/URL]), but it feels older. That's not saying someone hasn't carved it inspired post 1947. Some features are off such as the brows and the mouth, the eyes are square etc, but I'd be lying if I said they didn't look alike. The wood appears to be oak, it's pretty heavy. Can anyone shed any light on this mysterious piece of wood? I would like to look into it more, however I don't know where to start, who to contact and what to ask. It may not even be a corbel! It could be off a chair for all we know. That's just our guess. Thank you for any knowledge shared! - Hannah To add, we're in the UK, the job lot was bought in Lancashire. [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_64c73828-jpg.509014/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_94fafdc6-jpg.509015/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_2f21ad5c-jpg.509016/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_7ef88b06-jpg.509017/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-28_59ab29ae-jpg.509019/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/whatsapp-image-2024-12-29-at-23-23-29_8c8a0230-jpg.509018/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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