Set of Five Cotswolds Staddle Stones c.1750

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Set of Five Cotswolds Staddle Stones c.1750A superb original set of Cotswolds Staddle Stones c. 1750 These wonderfully sculptural forms would once have held aloft a granary, hayrick or game larder building. They were designed to raise the building off the ground to protect their precious content from raiding vermin; assist drying the grain; and of course support some considerable weight. This rare collection which have been together since the day the stone mason carved them in the Cotswolds,

With provenance from a Gentleman’s Parisian apartment

Large and strikingly deeply hand-carved in limestone

the Goddess of Fertility and protectress in time of War

the God of Wine

28 cm deep) See page 45 from ‘Catalogue illustré de Sab

there are similar examples in the publication “Windsor Chairs From The Vale Of York”- Adam Bowett’ The map in the book features a particular area within the Vale of York

emerges from the shadows

with their radiant petals

A grand scale Country House Chaise from the Aynhoe Park Estate’s private collection

Including custom made display stand

Such shrines were thought of as healing sites of water

stable and freestanding

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