Caen Stone Fireplace, carved
Carved by Margetson
Partly produced by Earley and Company
Date: 1860
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: furniture and furnishings
Object type: fireplace
Material: stone - limestone - caen stone
Technique: carved
Description: 'To a richly carved caen stone fireplace with arms in centre and initials 'L O K' and 'M O K' at the sides, let in with red enamel'.
Notes: Costs:
Masonry 6-2-10
Carving 4-11-5
Stone 24ft 6 in 2-0-10
Enamel 0-7-6
Packg and Loadg cart 0-7-6
Varnishing 0-5-0
13-15-1
Margetson's time & fixg 0-16-8
Expenses 0-19-5
Charged 22-19-5
Sources
Earley and Company (Ecclesiastical Decorators) Documentation: Box 1 of 7 Earley and Company Documentation
ECD/5, p. 18 and corresponding entry in ECD/3, p. 12.
Citing this record
'Caen Stone Fireplace, carved', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1214304533, accessed 24 May 2022]
