Greyhound
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
610 mm (H)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171017.1
Summary
Sculpture. Wooden newel post decoration. Greyhound. A painted and partly gilt newel-post figure of a greyhound sitting upright and clasping scroll-shaped support, looking to right;
Provenance
Previously amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust. Acceptance in lieu, 1999.