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Description: | Two stone anchors entwined with ropes, lying on their sides, carved in high relief at top of gate piers on either side of roadway into old dockyard. A single rope is knotted onto the end of each and loops round the stem of the anchor and over the points. As it passes over the stem this rope is detached from the wall, as is part of the anchor itself. The rope is very fine and stands away from the wall in a loop, which has made it vulnerable to damage. It appears the reliefs could have been used to support a sign or banner across the roadway. The right one has string round it. This could have broken the detail off, namely the rope and the parts of the anchor which were carved to stand away from the wall. | Subjects: | Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=6982... | Go to resource |
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