Man-of-War
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
c. 1901 - 1950
Materials
Bronze and copper
Measurements
1168 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515154
Summary
Bronze and copper, Man-of-War, mounted as a weather vane, probably British (English) School, probably 20th century. A bronze and copper model of a ship-of-war, finely worked, masted and rigged, with 42 guns and a figurehead of Pegasus. Mounted as a weather vane.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (The National Trust)
References
Christie, Manson & Woods 1971: The National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. Inventory: Furniture, Textiles, Porcelain, Bronzes, Sculpture and Garden Ornaments’, 1971, p. 168.