st.margaret lothbury, london

the rare wren screen from all hallows the great was donated by the german merchant theodore jacobson in c.1685 and moved here when that church was demolished in 1894. the eagle is supposed to refer to herr jacobson's nationality : they appear on the pulpit tester from the same source, but such national symbols were in a state of flux then, and he may as well have come from holland as germany in any case ; it seems suppositious at best anyway, case unproven i'd say.