Old wooden carved bed part?

[any88]

Hi

Strange and well preserved carved peace that goes either on the wall, or on the bed. Its really old, but in excellent condition, has a shine to it. I just dont know what it is. It has been found by my mom over 37 years ago. I was on our wall for last 20.

hope you can shed some light on this.

[KC]

Can you please post a pic of the back?

[bigwull]

What is the diameter and the thickness,

[any88]

its 280 grams heawy
21 cm across
pictures are here:

[bigwull]

Its most likely to be made of Oak,it looks to have a nice age to it,and as it is relatively small there does,nt look to be much in the way of curving to it,..its probably been a part of something bigger,but what i could,nt say...the carving looks to be well done...enjoy it for what it is,as to value...i,d say it was,nt worth much more than £15/20

[mart]

looks like the center medallion from a cameo bed !! those three holes in back is probably how it was attached !!  if it was an openwork cameo it would have attached around the edge, solid headboard would attach at back !!

[any88]

you know, that did occurred to me before.

Could there be picture of those kinds of beds?

If thats it, I think I have something interesting here, because I think those things could be lost easily, and enthusiastic collector could search for that "missing peace" to put it on antique bed from his collection

[mart]

just google cameo beds and you can see lots of styles !!

[ghopper1924]

I think it would be called a roundel and mounted on a bed much as Mart indicated. By the carving I would say it's from the last 1/4 of the 19th century.

"Piece out!"

[bigwull]

you know, that did occurred to me before.

Could there be picture of those kinds of beds?

If thats it, I think I have something interesting here, because I think those things could be lost easily, and enthusiastic collector could search for that "missing peace" to put it on antique bed from his collection

bed collection=big,big,house,...think more of 1 maybe 2 beds.....

[any88]

nothing pops put when i google it. i dont think i know how to search for this.
cameo? cammeo?

[mart]

http://www.google.com/search?q=cameo+beds&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=tig5UMniAeOR7AGKhIHwDQ&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ
there are a few here that will give you an idea !!  everytime i run a google search , i get a different set of pics, pages, !!

[any88]

Strangely enough, this is the closest thing I see


The fact that mine has hole in the middle, where probably nail went, makes me think that this peaced efinitely was on the bed itself. no on the wall over it or something

[mart]

dont think so !!  there are hundreds of different styles of cameo beds !! cameo bed just means a bed that has a medallion, it can be any shape or size,, oval, round or like the one you posted !! solid or openwork frame !! there is no rule !!

[any88]

Ok. In that case, it interesting that first hundred pictures show only maybe 3 beds with actual medallions

BTW,I dont mean to be a nitpick or anything, those exclamation marks  make every sentence of yours look like you are shouting at me and preaching me for not knowing these things...