Artwork : ArchiveNo00075

High Altar Angels 1935


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Artefact

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Contributor Name Portsmouth Cathedral
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Location Old Portsmouth
Collection Date 20.02.08 11.42am
Artefact Name High Altar Angels
Artefact Description Good condition. Wooden, carved and painted with gold-leaf. Including metal candle holders. The angels are taken from the riddel posts of the High Altar.
Artefact Date 1935
Artefact Stored South-west Tower
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Sample Taken Wood from underneath
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History of Artefact Used from 1935 (approx.) to the 1980's. Lit almost certainly every Sunday. Charles Nicholson was the architect at the time – he would have been responsible for the design.
Historian John Friars
Previous Owners No previous owners – made for this Cathedral.
Special Memories The angels have been stored in the boiler-house since 1980's – they will now be part of the Cathedral archive room.
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