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 521
llow-tailed and waved. The well known. Blickling example ispierced with the Hobart Star of eight points, with the stem likethat at Cowdray, and dating from about 1628. Two sketched atBourton-on-the-Water have fleur-de-lis in addition, but maypossibly no longer exist. So far the vanes noticed have… … FIG. 148 AT BARLBOROUGH FIG. 149. VANE ONRUSCOMB CHURCH,NEAR READING. Weathercocks and Vanes 307 be doubted whether pointers came into use before the reign ofCharles I. Old forms appear with this addition, as at Hatfieldand Cobham, but have probably been reconstructed, and not byantiquaries. The…
Ironwork · Decoration and ornament, English · Architecture
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