A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)
Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 355
ist. Lead urns and lead figures for gardens and gateways used toexist in abundance in England. In the inventory of goods atHampton Court, taken in 1659, four large flower-pots oflead are mentioned, but it is doubtful if the beautiful vasesnow in the gardens are the urns referred to. The best… … RAIN-WATER HEAD, SHREWSBURY. them have disappeared in recent years, and but few examplesare left, either of these or of the lead figures which were cast ingreat numbers in the eighteenth century. In the Fellows CHAP. XIV] LEADWORK 287 garden of Trinity Hall there were four lead figures of…
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