Pub
Sign at The Royal Oak
Sign viewed from pub door
Sign viewed from car park
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Pub
Sign at The Royal Oak
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Sign viewed from pub door |
Sign viewed from car park |
| At first glance one might believe both sides of our pub sign depict the same picture ~ a pictorial representation of Charles II hiding in the Boscobel Oak. However, side by side, you can see that local artist Tony Sheppard has incorporated a fair amount of variation. In particular Tony, a keen gun antiquarian, has depicted two different types of rifle that were both in common use at that time. The wheellock rifle [shown below left] was the older design originating in the 16th century, however this was being replaced by the flintlock rifle [below right], introduced in the 1630s, which became the mainstay rifle of European armies between 1660 and 1840. | |
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