. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. Weathercocks and Vanes 37. their date. The four finely modelled copper ships of the TrinityAlmshouses in the Mile End Road, 1686, a-re worth noting in thisconnexion. There is a modern ship vane at Greenwich Observa-tory. It is difficult topronounce positivelyas to when lettersdenoting .the cardinalpoints of the compasswere added to vanes,but it seems clear thatWren made little useof them, and perhapsdisapproved of is remarkable thatMaitland in 1762 only sh
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. Weathercocks and Vanes 37. their date. The four finely modelled copper ships of the TrinityAlmshouses in the Mile End Road, 1686, a-re worth noting in thisconnexion. There is a modern ship vane at Greenwich Observa-tory. It is difficult topronounce positivelyas to when lettersdenoting .the cardinalpoints of the compasswere added to vanes,but it seems clear thatWren made little useof them, and perhapsdisapproved of is remarkable thatMaitland in 1762 only shows the car-dinal letters to two vanes in the City,St. Catherine Cree and, St. MartinsOutwych. St. Ethelburgas, Bishops-gate Street (Fig. 160), provides avery early dated example, whichconsists of a rectangular frame fromwhich five Maltese crosses and fleur-de-lis project, bearing the date 1673over the initials of the patron saint,, all worked in bar iron. Thepointer dips to accommodate a smallcock, and the stem is swelled andscrolled and finishes above in smallscrolls and a cross. Four waved barsfixed to a central disc on the stemThe vane to Crowh
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