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kaberett ([personal profile] kaberett) wrote2023-01-13 10:31 pm

Courtesy of the Autumn 2022 National Trust magazine

A tortoiseshell cat stone corbel at the bottom of the stairs at Knightshayes Court, Devon.

A "corbel" is, per wikipedia, a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket.

The magazine article says, of this one:
If you stand beneath the staircase galley at Knightshayes and crane upwards, you'll spot a strange creature with a cat's head and a tortoise's body seemingly emerging from the wall. It's a visual pun, a picture puzzle known as a 'rebus', and it represents a tortoise-shell cat.

Its designer, William Burges (1927--81), had a vivid creative imagination inspired by his passion for the art and architecture of the Middle Ages...

It's apparently 17 x 11 cm; I've been vaguely intending to share it with you all since I first skimmed the magazine a few months ago, but it's only today that my search terms have finally managed (indirectly) to point me toward the National Trust photolibrary!
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[personal profile] emperor 2023-01-13 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that is a fine visual pun, thank you for sharing :)
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[personal profile] enigel 2023-01-14 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, I wasn't expecting the pun to be so cute, too!
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[personal profile] shanaqui 2023-01-14 12:17 am (UTC)(link)

I love William Burges' work on Castell Coch and Cardiff Castle! The Animal Wall is my favourite.

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[personal profile] lunabee34 2023-01-14 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
How delightful! Thank you for sharing.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2023-01-15 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
That is a very cute tortie.