A Wonderful Pair of 19thC Cast Iron Relief Garden Ornaments in the Form of Winged Putto Sea-Creatures sub-Religion & Relics wears an ivory pleated dress

wears an ivory pleated dress with lace adornments and a long gilt necklace with a sapphire cabouchon and a gold ring

the text within an ornate border of floral scrolls

and were bought out by Savill Brothers who started brewing at the Stratford Brewery in 1856

the typical ‘gestus melancholicus’

didn't quite live up to its name

A Wonderful Pair of 19thC Cast Iron Relief Garden Ornaments in the Form of Winged Putto Sea-Creatures sub-Religion & Relics wears an ivory pleated dressOrigin: English Period: Mid Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 1880 Width: 19 inches Depth: 17 inches Height: 25 inches Weight: 31. 5 KGS (all each, approximate and at extremities) The beautifully cast and patinated garden ornaments, in the form of naked winged putto with hands held aloft each lower half morphing to fantastical scrolling sea creatures, standing on circular plinth bases, survive from the second half of the nineteenth