Relief plaque
Category
Archaeological material
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plaster
Measurements
330 mm (W)430 mm (H)
Collection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 106707
Summary
Relief plaque - A plaster plaque, or cast impression, one of two reliefs in the top half of the west wall the bedroom at Walnut Farm, four feet apart. This is the larger relief, to the centre of the wall. It is on a raised plaster panel with a Passant Lion placed on end in relief. The panel has a small coarse cement fillet around the border which looks as though it may be a repair. There are also three rusty nail heads visible to the centre area of the panel which may be holding it to the wall. The cement and nails may suggest that this panel has been moved at some time. The plaster on both panels is heavily mixed with hair. According to Mr. Galpin, there was also a further panel on this wall, to the otherside of the lion, depicting a dolphin. (This may be 106704)