Four Seasons Lead garden statues by Bromsgrove, circa 1910.

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A WONDERFUL SET OF FOUR ‘BROMSGROVE GUILD’ LEAD GARDEN PUTTI DEPICTING THE FOUR SEASONS, MODELLED BY WALTER GILBERT Spring holding a nest of chicks. Summer with a butterfly on her left hand. Autumn holding a leafy branch above her head. Winter swathed in a loose robe, each with a naturalistic moulded circular base, on later square timber pedestals, one plinth embossed ‘BROMSGROVE GUILD/ WORCESTERSHIRE 1910’ Provenance:H C Moffatt of Hamptworth Lodge, Salisbury (the garden designed by Thomas Hayton Mawson), The Guild operated from studios in Bromsgrove, Birmingham initially producing decorative ironwork. In later years the firm expanded its production to include bronze and lead work as well as wood and stone carvings and stained glass. The Guild also featured in the 1900 Paris Exposition securing nine medals as well as participating in major municipal Exhibitions including The Arts & Crafts Society Exhibition, London 1903. By 1908 the business had established a retail outlet in Victoria Street, London as a result of their most famous commission, the iron and bronze gates outside Buckingham Palace as well as Queen Victoria’s memorial.

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