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PLAQUE
PLAQUE
72.31
Unknown
20th c.
Metal garden plaque painted black. Oval at one end and contains verse. Placed on post with arrow at one end to anchor into soil. Poem by Dorothy Frances Gurney.
PLAQUE
PLAQUE
72.32
Unknown
20th c.
Round plaque in the center of the friendship walk. Verse on it is from a postcard in the collection (57.5).
BENCHES
BENCHES
72.34.1-4
Unknown
20th c.
Two cast iron benches in the Coalbrookdale lily-of-the-valley pattern from ca. 1870. Seat is crescent shaped, with leaf panels. Back is arched with arm rest that terminates in griffin heads. Legs...
LARGE PLANTERS
LARGE PLANTERS
72.35.1-2
Unknown
20th c.
Two large stone planters They are rectangular with high sides. Front, back and sides of each planter are decorated with vine, leaf and grapes scroll that created a pattern of circles across the...
SMALL PLANTERS
SMALL PLANTERS
72.35.3-4
Unknown
20th c.
Two small stone planters They are rectangular with high sides. Front, back and sides of each planter are decorated with vine, leaf and grapes scroll that created a pattern of circles across the...
GOLF PINS
GOLF PINS
72.36.1-9
Unknown
20th c.
Nine pins for the putting green in metal. Number is at the end of the pin in a white oval. Rest of the pin is a thin rod with a cup at one end to hold the golf ball.
ARMILLARY SPHERE, ONE OF TWO
ARMILLARY SPHERE, ONE OF TWO
72.37.1
Unknown (Manufacturer)
mid 19th-mid 20th Century
Two armillary spheres in wrought iron, each standing on marble base. Designed by English architect J. Burnet, and cast by the Bromsgrove Guild in London. Each armillary is a celestial globe...
ARMILLARY SPHERE, ONE OF TWO
ARMILLARY SPHERE, ONE OF TWO
72.37.2
Unknown (Manufacturer)
mid 19th-mid 20th Century
Two armillary spheres in wrought iron, each standing on marble base. Designed by English architect J. Burnet, and cast by the Bromsgrove Guild in London. Each armillary is a celestial globe...
SPHINX, ONE OF TWO
SPHINX, ONE OF TWO
72.39.1
Unknown (Sculptor)
18th c.
Two terracotta sphinxes believed to be representing Marie Antoinette and Marie Therese, Princess de Lamballe. The originals are in the gardens at Menars on the Loire. The sphinxes rest on...
SPHINX, ONE OF TWO
SPHINX, ONE OF TWO
72.39.2
Unknown (Sculptor)
18th c.
Two terracotta sphinxes believed to be representing Marie Antoinette and Marie Therese, Princess de Lamballe. The sphinxes rest on rectangular bases. Their heads turn slightly to the right. Both...
URNS
URNS
72.3.1-2
Unknown
20th c.
Two urns which top the main entrance gates. Said to be carved porthcawl stone urns from Paulston-Ring wood, Hampshire England. Probably from a design by Lord Burlington. They are placed on a...
FLAGPOLE
FLAGPOLE
72.40
Unknown
1962
Flagpole presented to Marjorie Merriweather Post from her employees on March 15, 1962. Pole is topped by an eagle in flight in a bronze color. Pole has a yard arm from which two other flags can be...