A Rare Pair of Large Ruabon Terracotta Roof Gargoyles; The Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury c.1880

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A Rare Pair of Large Ruabon Terracotta Roof Gargoyles; The Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury c.1880Origin: EnglishPeriod: Mid Victorian Gothic RevivalProvenance: The Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. Date: c. 1880Height: 34Width: 26Depth: 34 (all at extremities and each)The beautifully modelled and scarce pair of large mythical beasts or wyverns, in Welsh Ruabon terracotta each with sinuous legs and wings, the elongated necks with rib barbs and perched on apex tiles with scroll ends, hailing from the exterior decorations on

and its propriety considerably discussed in 1872

Railway St

the mechanism that pushes the game ball or puck out is still operational

Making for an awe-inspiring piece of original artwork and graphic design

The ecclesiastical inspired armchair or desk chair having an arched back surmounted by a carved lion

and are especially fond of figs

The accompanying photograph of the painting is inscribed verso by Dr

There is a very small amount of old worm

Most of the original animalier sculptors used the traditional lost wax process of casting prevalent at the time

and surviving from the last quarter of eighteenth century Germany and the southern district of Kempten

The execution of the portraits is very good which makes not being able to find information on the artist a little bemusing

made with early Victorian parts and a later cast iron stand on quad legs