An 18th Century Carved Pelican Cabinets & Storage 5 W:54 D:21 INCHES

5 W:54 D:21 INCHES

Raised on turned and ebonised front legs with brass castors

The Inset marble top resting on a turned tapercolumn with scrolling supports

the plinth base has been replaced with a section of 18th century English oak and left unfinished

Dorchester

An 18th Century Carved Pelican Cabinets & Storage 5 W:54 D:21 INCHESThe carved fruitwood Pelican mounted on a simple arched cupboard door with block painted stars on a blue ground to the interior. An exceptionally well carved and preserved example with remnants of the original painted surface. H: 49 W: 33 D: 15 CM H: 26 W: 12. 9 D: 5 INCHES. The imagery of the mother pelican striking or vulning (from the Latin vulnerare, "to wound") her breast to feed her nestlings to prevent starvation in time of famine is rooted in