Artwork : ArchiveNo00075

High Altar Angels 1935

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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
Artefact Form
Artefact Image	Angels_2.jpg
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.
Artwork Image	Resize_Wizard-1_-_00075.jpg

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jpg	Angels.jpg	manage	82.1 K
jpg	Angels_2.jpg	manage	73.4 K
jpg	Resize_Wizard-1_-_00075.jpg	manage	179.7 K