Superb Pair of 16th Century Newel Posts

Pair of late 16th Century Elizabethan period carved oak Newel posts from a staircase. The columns of architectural form, each surmounted by a carved oak figure depicting two of the ten weepers from the tomb of Isabella of Bourbon, after Renier Van Thienen, (1465-1498) born in Brussels. Retaining a good colour and patination.
By repute, from Chilham castle Kent. Circa 1580

Base 36cms wide x 36cms deep
179cms high

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