Lot Essay
Figures carved into pew-ends, with stylistically comparable bearded faces and hands, are illustrated in Arthur Gardner, Minor English Wood Sculpture 1400-1550, London, 1958. See nos 49 (from Harpley, Norfolk), 50 (from Svavesey, Cambridgeshire), 51 (from St German church, Wiggenhall, Norfolk), and 59 and 60 (from St Mary the Virgin church, Wiggenhall, Norfolk).