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A Pair of Large Cast Iron Armorial Crests

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Stock No.11983

MASSIVE & EXTRAORDINARY OVAL CAST IRON HERALDIC ARMORIAL CRESTS OF THE CITY OF YORK.
One of two pairs with SNo 11982 this pair with five Lions passant cast onto fluted vertical and cross elements, against plain grounds.
Provenance: Reputedly removed from an important structure erected in 1850 in the north of England believed to be near or in the city of Lancaster.
They are possibly the plaques from an iron bridge and may have been made in a Scottish Foundry.
English / Scottish early 19th century.

Shown with the original patination & paint traces. They are cast in one piece but the reverse is hollow with four locating / bolting lugs.
Weight each : 122kg.

Heraldic information obtained from Richard d'Apice, VP of The Australian Heraldry Society.

14000
GBP
width height depth
each 27 316"
69 cms
41 1116"
106 cms
8 1116"
22 cms

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