A Well Cast 19thC Architectural Cast-Iron Memorial; ‘Beata Est Anima Eius’

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A Well Cast 19thC Architectural Cast-Iron Memorial; ‘Beata Est Anima Eius’Origin: French Period: 2nd Empire Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 90 Height: 22. 5 inches Width: 25 inches Depth: 4 inches The well cast iron architectural memorial element, probably an overdoor, having two maidens in hooded gowns with their eyes shut in respect and mourning each holding a funerary wreath and flanking a central cartouche with the Latin text, just decipherable; Beata est anima eius' (Blessed is his her soul'), from Ecclesiasticus 34:

The paint has flaking to the whole and the shields writing is now mainly indecipherable

or hall of mirrors is a traditional attraction at funfairs and amusement parks

depicting a serene young child posed sat on a scarlet velvet tasselled cushion beside a profusely carved and gilded table on a terraced balustrade

they knew that they would get a square deal

work should relate to data collection for the important task reconstruction of monasteries that mauristas undertaken because of the deplorable situation in which many of them were after suffering the effects of the Wars of Religion and careless in their maintenance during commendatory regime before the reform they they undertook

The influences on Regency design and taste were legion

Likely hailing from Quanzhou of Fujian Province

conforming turned legs

Length: 97 inches

which has a quartering of two light

The woods decay

and removed from a cottage on the Stourhead Estate survives from the second quarter of the nineteenth century

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