28th Apr, 2022 11:00
Style & Taste: Fine Furniture & Works of Art
A LARGE CAST IRON ROYAL WARRANT COAT OF ARMS
LARGE CAST IRON ROYAL WARRANT COAT OF ARMS,
late 19th/early 20th century, produced by Walter MacFarlane & Co (also known as the Saracen Foundry), polychrome decorated with impressed mark to centre, 68cm high, 107cm wide
Footnote: Walter MacFarlane & Co, founded in 1850, were Scotland's premier producers of ornamental ironwork; they manufactured numerous public monuments as well as commissions for the great Scottish architects of the age including Alexander 'Greek' Thomson. This particular sign was owned by the Pirie family, proprietors of the Stoneywood Paper Mills in Aberdeenshire.
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Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000
Condition Report
Flaked and generally distressed paintwork, this itself presumably an old repainting, also splashes of white paint/residue; has been stored outside for many years so all usual signs and effects of weathering, visible oxidisation where paint has been lost exposing the metal and to reverse; however remains sound and retains fitting and bar to reverse forming an easel-like support so can be displayed on a flat surface without extra support
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