A Large Cast Iron Painted & Mirrored Architectural Skeleton Clock Face; Gatehouse, Leicester c.1870 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope and indeed works of art

and indeed works of art

possibly the urns were used as lamps for a period

standing with a hint of a smile

The family settled in Carlow in the 1780’s and the main source of income was milling

A Large Cast Iron Painted & Mirrored Architectural Skeleton Clock Face; Gatehouse, Leicester c.1870 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope and indeed works of artOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Gatehouse, Aylestone Road Gas Works, Leicester Date: c. 1870 Diameter: 72 Depth: 2 The large and decorative black and white painted cast iron architectural clock face, having a distressed mirrored glass backing and at six feet in diameter, of skeleton configuration with Roman numeral indicator marks, to a central six segment star, the whole salvaged from the Gatehouse, Aylestone Road Gas Works,