Brackets, richly carved in lime wood

Created by Mr. Perry

Date: 1853
Usually date of exhibition rather than production

Object class: architecture (fixtures and fittings)

Object type: bracket

Material: wood - lime

Technique: carved

Description: 'The pair of Brackets, richly carved in lime wood, and engraved on this page, are the work of Mr Perry, of Taunton, whose productions, especially a vase of flowers, at the Exhibition of 1851, at once made the artist famous. The upper bracket is emblematic of Great Britain; the lower one symbolises our colonial possessions in Asia, Africa, America, and Australia; an example of the produce of each is introduced.'

Citing this record

'Brackets, richly carved in lime wood', 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_1214927263, accessed 11 Aug 2022]