. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . times cast in lead. Onewhich stood in the garden of Clements Inn, and isnow in the gardens of the Inner Temple on theThames embankment, is a negro figure and has been known as The is said that there werein the eighteenth cen-tury a number of stat-uaries, lead-casters,whose works were be-tween Piccadilly, ParkLane, and DevonshireHouse; one of thesemen, John van Nost,made this Moor hisfavorite design. At Belton House,near Grantham, thereis a worn dial in Earl
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . times cast in lead. Onewhich stood in the garden of Clements Inn, and isnow in the gardens of the Inner Temple on theThames embankment, is a negro figure and has been known as The is said that there werein the eighteenth cen-tury a number of stat-uaries, lead-casters,whose works were be-tween Piccadilly, ParkLane, and DevonshireHouse; one of thesemen, John van Nost,made this Moor hisfavorite design. At Belton House,near Grantham, thereis a worn dial in EarlBrownlows garden, sup-ported by two figures,Old Time and Cupid. This dial, with its quaintlygrotesque figures, is shown on page 198. A uniquedial is the famous old Turks Head given onanother page. At Windsor, near the Star Build-ing, stands a sun-dial with a highly carved mar-ble pedestal, which is said to have been the workof that man of infinite genius, Grinling carving is in high relief, and the Star andGarter is engraved on the dial-face with the motto,Honi soit qui maly pense. Henricus Wynne^ Londinii^ Sun-dial at Hampton Court. Pedestals and Gnomons 217 In 1895 ^ beautiful dial was designed and set upby Messrs. Brewill and Baily at Whatton Housenear Loughborough. It is here shown. A moulded
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