"Cherubs of the Sounding Gate"
"Cherubs of the Sounding Gate"
Medium: Gilt brass
Provenance: Ecclesiastical (Gothic Revival)
Description:
A superb matched pair of gilt brass cherub finials, each holding cymbals—symbols of praise and divine ceremony. Likely once crowning a church gate, organ surround, or liturgical framework, these winged figures combine musical reverence with architectural grace.
Their base scrolls end in Tudor roses, anchoring the pair in English sacred tradition, and suggesting a Victorian or Edwardian Gothic Revival origin. One cherub looks outward, the other inward—guardians of the sacred divide, ever poised between silence and song.
These are not merely decorative pieces but remnants of ritual architecture, rich in presence and symbolism.
Postage Free UK Mainland Only.
"Cherubs of the Sounding Gate"
Medium: Gilt brass
Provenance: Ecclesiastical (Gothic Revival)
Description:
A superb matched pair of gilt brass cherub finials, each holding cymbals—symbols of praise and divine ceremony. Likely once crowning a church gate, organ surround, or liturgical framework, these winged figures combine musical reverence with architectural grace.
Their base scrolls end in Tudor roses, anchoring the pair in English sacred tradition, and suggesting a Victorian or Edwardian Gothic Revival origin. One cherub looks outward, the other inward—guardians of the sacred divide, ever poised between silence and song.
These are not merely decorative pieces but remnants of ritual architecture, rich in presence and symbolism.
Postage Free UK Mainland Only.
"Cherubs of the Sounding Gate"
Medium: Gilt brass
Provenance: Ecclesiastical (Gothic Revival)
Description:
A superb matched pair of gilt brass cherub finials, each holding cymbals—symbols of praise and divine ceremony. Likely once crowning a church gate, organ surround, or liturgical framework, these winged figures combine musical reverence with architectural grace.
Their base scrolls end in Tudor roses, anchoring the pair in English sacred tradition, and suggesting a Victorian or Edwardian Gothic Revival origin. One cherub looks outward, the other inward—guardians of the sacred divide, ever poised between silence and song.
These are not merely decorative pieces but remnants of ritual architecture, rich in presence and symbolism.
Postage Free UK Mainland Only.