A Magnificent Pair of Carved c.1860 Stone Gate Pier Carvings; Ex Duke of Sutherland, Trentham Estate Size:Default Title the gnomon also showing that

the gnomon also showing that kind of wear

and chambered nautilus shells were popular decorations

and scopos or watcher making the ‘beautiful form watcher’

and it is so much better told by the man himself

A Magnificent Pair of Carved c.1860 Stone Gate Pier Carvings; Ex Duke of Sutherland, Trentham Estate Size:Default Title the gnomon also showing thatOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Ex Duke of Sutherland, Tittensor, Trentham Estate, Staffordshire, England Date: c. 1840 70 Height: 14 inches Width 20 inches Depth: 20 inches Weight: 125 KGS each (all approx) The pair of mid nineteenth century stone gate pier carvings, each modelled as the head of a gothic mythical beast, and when placed together forming half of a substantial capital, originally being located on a gateway