AN ELIZABETH I OAK ARMORIAL PANEL

AN ELIZABETH I OAK ARMORIAL PANEL

LATE 16TH CENTURY

carved with the quartered arms for the Frere (Fryer) family of Water Eaton Manor, Cherwell, Oxfordshire, above scrolling foliage and a stylised dragon head, mounted in the door of a Victorian oak mural cabinet with a nulled frame flanked by carved and turned columns and enclosing five drawers with lion head, lozenge and lunette decoration

43cm high, 34.4cm wide, 20cm deep

Catalogue Note

William Frere (d.1612) was a member of Oxford's mayoral council between 1583 and 1603 and was sheriff between 1596-7. Water Eaton Manor was built for Frere c.1586.