
If this part does read "For your (ewer) Festival Meeting", then the mystery of why the rebuses are mounted in such a curious way may be that they were screwed, by the central two holes, to something for the duration of some annual event.
When not in use the lower part was hinged up and tied with string through the peripheral holes to protect both surfaces. The back of the upper right panel shows signs of a circular rubbing as if the lower fixing had fallen out at some point, allowing the whole to swivel back and forth. |