Angry Bird

[poliphilo]

St Mary the Virgin, Salehurst has a set of these birds in grisaille, all pretty much bashed about. I don't know what this particular specimen is supposed to be. Some sort of goose?  I'm thinking it's 15th century, but I don't really know. 

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[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

a dove, maybe?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The head's not right for a dove.

I think the artist made it up.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That's it.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Goose, I think and I reckon you're right on 15th century.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I could wish the iconoclasts had left us more of this sort of thing...

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

There's a lot more about that one realises in obscurer corners of the country.