stage & TV star and Don Smoothey the comedian
There are no cracks or splints
This piece of handiwork is essentially a countrified version of a mahogany dining chair one would have found in the city and would look simply splendid in a farmhouse or country kitchen
It is also known that a large Elizabethan house was built in the 1630s in the same location but it was probably demolished during the building of the Georgian Trentham Hall
A Rare Pair of Large Ruabon Terracotta Roof Gargoyles; The Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury c.1880 sub-Religion & Relics stage & TV star andOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Mid Victorian Gothic RevivalProvenance: The Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. Date: c. 1880Height: 34Width: 26Depth: 34 (all at extremities and each)The beautifully modelled and scarce pair of large mythical beasts or wyverns, in Welsh Ruabon terracotta each with sinuous legs and wings, the elongated necks with rib barbs and perched on apex tiles with scroll ends, hailing from the exterior decorations on