Name: Medieval Limestone Gargoyles
Brand: painfreepartha.com
SKU: 54025009445
Price: 3900.00 USD
Availability: InStock
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Medieval Limestone GargoylesA pair of animated Medieval Gargoyles in Limestone English or possibly French 14th early 15th century. Their open growling and snarling toothed mouths contain working water spouts making them true Gargoyles rather than Grotesques. Their purpose was to throw rain water away from the edge of the Church or Cathedral, protecting the fragile limestone architectural structure beneath. But of course, their other task was to scare away evil spirits and remind

A striking large pair of floor standing gilded Italian candlesticks c

The lantern is surmounted by an unusual chimney of sculpted bulge form and a conical fluted hat and handle

The term poltroncina is the Italian diminutive of poltrona (armchair) and is used in Venetian inventories and later catalogues to describe small

to be used on a Yorkshire Farm from where it sat until the day we purchased it

A heroic and romantic interpretation of Saint Michael vanquishing The Devil (here represented as a serpent or dragon like creature) c

light contrasting with dark

Late 19th Century stone composite statue of a torch bearing maiden

The building design changed from its original simplicity to a new era of gothic decoration and adornment

sand and verdigris green colours - layers of incredible patina

Realised in the first quarter of the 20th century

the cooling sound of a trickle or splash of water is a soothing welcome respite in the heat of summer

Christ’s luminous emaciated figure draped in a loin cloth