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Late 15th or early 16th century Portion of bench-end (121 x 160 cm)\r\nMus. Nos. W.10-1958 \r\nThese fragments were stated by the donor to have come from Balderton,Notts. They are identical in type and general design with the bench-ends at St Giles’ Church (FIG.46). The Balderton bench-ends are either surmounted by affronted hounds or hares. \r\nThe bench-ends at the nearby church of Holme have similar simple hollow mouldings but are completely undecorated except for foliage poppy-heads. They do, however, feature affronted animals and human figures on the mouldings on either side of the poppy-heads. These are reminiscent of the animals at Balderton, although they are not down-wards facing. Holme church was enlarged and refurnished by John Barton in about 1485 (he died in 1491). The Balderton and Holme furniture may well be by the same workshop, the former probably being the later of the two. The juxtaposition of the two is intriguing. The Holme bench-ends lack the rather mechanical elaboration of the sunk tracery at Balderton but the sculpture itself is far more varied. The monotonous repetition of the same motifs at Balderton accords with the stereotyped presentation of the bench-end decoration. This perhaps suggests that the patron at Holme took a greater personal interest in his commission and was not primarily concerned to get the work done in a hurry.'\r\n"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["W.10-1958"],"accessionNumberNum":"10","accessionNumberPrefix":"W","accessionYear":1958,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-09-17","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":true}}