English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft (1911)
Gardner, John Starkie, 1844-1930 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 513
e objects by the roadside, and denoting some good old inn to be near. To the post is firmly secured a frame of iron, usually of well-wrought scroll-work, and often comprising bunches 298 English Ironwork of the XVIIth andXVIIIth Centuries of grapes, inside which a picture swings in the wind; .One… … FIG. 144. A DISMANTLED SIGN FORMERLY AT THEFOUNTAIN INN, BEDFORD. interesting work, from which the uhframei picture swings. Plentyof inferior workmanship on the same principle are met with. Inthe 1720 Stowe one is shown on a similar iron post on Fish StreetHill, but stayed and bracketed to the…
Ironwork · Decoration and ornament, English · Architecture
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