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N01

Pelican in her piety. 19th Century

Supporters - Oak-leaves and acorns.

N02

Dragon devouring a man in a girdled tunic, the head has been swallowed. {Judas in the Jaws of Satan} 19th Century

Supporters - Hound gorged.

N03

Headless robed figure under a canopy.

Supporters - Double eagle.

N04

Wyvern.

Supporters - Basilisk.

N05

Stag couchant under a tree.

Left Supporter -  Missing.

Right Supporter - Round design of leaves.

N06

Woman with distaff and a man digging Possibly a reference to “when Adam delved and Eve span”

Left Supporter - Man, with grotesque head, and the legs and feet of a quadruped, wings of a  bird and head and neck of swan.

Right Supporter - Woman, with grotesque head, and the legs and feet of a quadruped, wings of a  bird and head and neck

of swan.

N07

The Clever Daughter. A woman nude, except for a large meshed net draped around her, riding a goat and carrying a

rabbit under her arm.

Supporters - Floral mask.

N08

Basilisk.

Supporters - Weasel glancing inwards, holding a sprig of rue, which gives it immunity from the basilisk’s deadly glance.

N09

Lion with the head of a woman, wearing a square cap.

Supporters - Dove preening.

N10

Composite creature with hooded woman’s head.

Left Supporter - A hawker with a gauntlet.

Right Supporter - Hawk and prey.

N11

King with richly caparisoned horse and a page.

Supporters - Sphinx, bust of a man with a flat cap and bushy hair.

N12

Sow suckling five piglets.

Supporters - Large round double flower.

N13

Lion and dragon fighting.

Left Supporter - Seated lion.

Right Supporter - Dragon rampant

N14

Swineherd striking down acorns from a tree; two pigs underneath. October.

Supporters - Large oak-leaf design.

N15

Two men, each holding a long roll of parchment apparently disputing.

Supporters - Fowl having bald bearded man’s head.

N16

Samson holding a lion and holding its jaws with both hands.

Supporters - An intricate large circular design of leaves.

N17

The Judgement of Solomon. The King with the Queen, is sitting under a canopy. On thee King’s left, forming the supporter is an officer of state with a sword about to divide a living child carried by a woman. On the other side is a woman with a dead child wrapped in burial clothes.

N18

Moses and a companion with the Tables of Law. A devil stands between them on a pedestal. The Brazen Serpent.

Supporters - Serpent with calf-like head, entwined.

N19

Abraham offering up Isaac. The hand of an angel is grasping the point of Abraham’s sword. A ram stands behind Abraham

on his left.

Supporters - Man’s bust with flat cap on his head and a mass of hair sticking out horizontally. He wears an embroidered tunic.

N20

The Expulsion from Paradise. Adam and Eve, who are retiring before an angel, with a drawn sword, are putting on fig leaves.

Supporters - Dove, facing inward.

N21

The Temptation in Eden. The serpent having the body of a dragon and the head of a beast with long ears, is wound round

a tree. Adam and Eve stand on either side holding fruit.

Supporters - A pair of eagles back to back.

S01

Crowned man seated, with birds on either side, probably representing Alexander’s flight. 19th century.

Supporters - Eagle with rear part of a lion.

S02

Old man stirring a pot over a fire and seated in a semi-circular armchair with three legs. There is a chimney, which

indicates that he is well to do. The man has taken off his boots and is warming his feet. He wears two fingered gloves.

December.

Left Supporter - Dog or cat warming itself.

Right Supporter - Two hanging flitches of bacon.

S03

Man wearing a cap and playing an instrument like a pipe.

Supporters - Circular cluster of five roses.

S04

Crowned lion.

Supporters - Man’s face, smiling.

S05

Angel playing a viol beneath a canopy.

Supporters - Curly-headed mask in embroidered collar.

S06

Man wearing a cap with a hood drawn over his ears, and a cloak and sword, and bearing in each hand a large branch of foliage.

May.

Supporters - Crested fowl with prominent eyes, facing inward.

S07

Butcher killing an ox. He wears sharp pointed shoes. November.

Supporters - Double rose.

S08

The Circumcision of Isaac.

Supporters - Fowl, having bald, bearded man’s head.

S09

Boar.

Supporters - Large lion-mask.

S10

The Presentation of Samuel.

Supporters - Circular leaf design.

S11

Woman wearing a hood and cape with loose sleeves, sitting on a bench and writing in a book at a desk. A large bird is on

the floor with a bottle in its beak from which the woman is taking something in her left hand. A smaller bird is being seized

by a serpent whose head protrudes from the woman’s sleeve. This carving resembles early manuscript drawings of Diacletia.

Left Supporter - a boy picking fruit.

Right Supporter - A hunter carrying a rabbit on a pole.

S12

Man sowing seed, a bag strapped to his shoulders. On the ground on each side of him is a basket. The toes of his shoes

are pointed

March.

Supporters - Woodcock.

S13

Jousting scene. One knight has unhorsed another who has broken his spear, whose foot with a sharp pointed spur is out of

his stirrup, and whose horse is now on its haunches. Both knights are fully armed. One squire [left] who appears horrified

is falling backwards, and another [right] is blowing a serpentine horn.

S14

Playing a lute or lyre.

Supporters - Curly-headed mask in embroidered collar.

S15

Huntsman sounding horn wound around him.

Supporters - Double headed eagle.

S16

Knight, with helmet, shield and drawn sword, fighting two griffins. The shield bears a bear sejeant which may refer to Urso

d’Abitot or the earls of Warwick.

Supporters - Curly-headed mask.

S17

Three men reaping corn with sickles. August.

Supporters - Triple sheaves.

S18

Three men harvesting, wearing the usual flat cap and having bushy wings of hair. July.

Left Supporter - A sphinx playing a dulcimer.

Right Supporter - A sphinx playing a viol.

S19

Three men mowing with scythes. June.

Left Supporter - An ape riding a hound wearing a collar.

Right Supporter - A wolf in a clerical cloak preaching or saying grace over the head of a sheep on an altar table.

S20

Abraham, with sword and altar lamp, followed by Isaac, robed and carrying crossed bundles of wood or faggots on his

shoulders to the place of sacrifice.

Supporters - Lion with bearded man’s head and cap with long plume.

S21

Two wyverns in mortal combat. 19th century.

Supporters - Wyverns couchant.

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