Taffrail depicting the biblical scene the Judgement of Salomon. The piece is trimmed with a border of flowers and fruit vines. On top two lions with coat of arms.
A taffrail (NL: hakkebord) is the top of the stern of a ship. On smaller sea-going vessels, until the 19th century, this taffrail was often decorated with polychromed wood carvings, with biblical motifs on the front and heraldic ones on the back. The semicircular shape is distinctive.
