. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. us structure in iron to support alamp was that designed for Chelsea Hospital, to resemble a 286 English Ironwork- of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries lighthouse. At the base was a railing with panels and massivecast balustered standards at the angles. Over this was a domedsupport of scroll-ended bars designed in panels, sustaining a largecylindrical column of eight richly worked panels of scrolls openinginto vesicas, ovals, and lozenges, between plain vertical bar
. English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft. us structure in iron to support alamp was that designed for Chelsea Hospital, to resemble a 286 English Ironwork- of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries lighthouse. At the base was a railing with panels and massivecast balustered standards at the angles. Over this was a domedsupport of scroll-ended bars designed in panels, sustaining a largecylindrical column of eight richly worked panels of scrolls openinginto vesicas, ovals, and lozenges, between plain vertical bars withIonic caps. This supported a square cradle or cage which held afour-sided lantern. Probably the only existing representation ofthis remarkable structure is the drawing by George Winter. Thereare two fine four-sided wrought iron obelisks of openwork designto a house in Market Place, Kings Lynn, probably made in London,which may have been simply honorific, like the sheriffs posts, orintended, like the stone obelisks which are so important a feature ofa few London houses, to support lamps as those at the
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