Category: Art in everyday life

  • Ship finial

    Ship finial from St. Nicholas Flats, Somers Town 1990 This is a relatively modern copy in reinforced resin of a 1930’s Gilbert Bayes ornamental finial, which once topped a washing line post in the St. Nicholas flats courtyard. The originals were made in salt glaze stoneware at the Royal Doulton Lambeth Works, a revolutionary process…