Sculpture

Description

This carved block was removed from the facade of Exeter’s Guildhall during repairs in 1970. On the reverse it was found to have a carving of St Philip, suggesting the block had been part of an earlier decorative scheme in the building.

Accession Loan No.

169/1970/1

Collection Class

Architectural fragments

Common Name

sculpture

Simple Name

sculpture

Production Person Surname

Hamlyn

Production Person Initials

Arnold

Period Classification

Late Medieval (1400-1500); Elizabethan (1558-1603)

Production Year Low

1450; 1592

Production Year High

1547; 1594

Family Group



Material

stone; Beer stone

Collection Site Name

The Guildhall

Collection Town

Exeter

Collection County

Devon

Collection Country

United Kingdom: England

Collection Area Region

Northern Europe

Collection Continent

Europe