. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. FIG. 146. HERALDIC VANE OFOXBOROUGH HALL, NORFOLK,ABOUT 1661. FIG. FOR-MERLY ATBUTLEIGH,SOMERSET. case 3o6 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries interestingand towers. survivor of many which surmounted its pinnaclesIn these cases the stem is partly twisted and decoratedwith button swellings, twofour-way knots, and an open-work iinial. Vanes at Charl-cote, perhaps not original, onshorter stems, are painted withthe arms of the Lucys. Oneon Ru
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. FIG. 146. HERALDIC VANE OFOXBOROUGH HALL, NORFOLK,ABOUT 1661. FIG. FOR-MERLY ATBUTLEIGH,SOMERSET. case 3o6 English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries interestingand towers. survivor of many which surmounted its pinnaclesIn these cases the stem is partly twisted and decoratedwith button swellings, twofour-way knots, and an open-work iinial. Vanes at Charl-cote, perhaps not original, onshorter stems, are painted withthe arms of the Lucys. Oneon Ruscomb Church, fivemiles north-east of Reading(Fig. 149), is pierced with theroyal crown and underthe date 1639, with the stempartly twisted and scrolled,and surmounted by an orband cross. A vane taken downand preserved from StreetChurch, pierced underdate 1636^ is of gilt copper,VANE illustrating the rather rudeconstruction of the then pre- HALL, DATE ABOUT , j l n l jgjg valent type and the tleur-de- lis cut out separately andriveted on. More or less contemporary with these are guidons,swallow-tailed and waved. The
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