Places 2

The Old Smithy, Godshill

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The Village Blacksmith - Longfellow

3Cambridge University

Oxford University4

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CASTLES & OTHER BUILDINGS

The  Castle Builder - Longfellow

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Nottingham Castle

The Bridge House, Ambleside

Belvoir Castle

Headquarters of Richard II in 1485. 

Windsor Castle

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Skipton Castle

Sandringham 

Harlech Castle

Souvenir Brass.  Centre - pheasant.  Border - National emblems.  Post-War.  

One of Edward I's massive and threatening fortresses, built in 13th Century  to hold down a turbulent Wales.

3Tower of Refuge standing on the rock Conister in Douglas Bay, Isle of Man

Warwick Castle4

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Edinburgh Castle

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Caernarfon

Blarney Castle 
County Cork, Eire - Situated in a village in County Cork, southern Ireland, north-west of Cork. Those who kiss the Blarney stone at Blarney Castle are said to be endowed with a "persuasive tongue".

(Click here for an image of the back of this brass)4

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3Balmoral Castle, Scotland

Conway Castle & Bridge4

Situated on the River Dee in North East Scotland.  The estate was bought by Prince Albert who rebuilt the castle.

Royal Exchange, London (the 2nd one) burnt 1838 - it has also been referred to as "The Oldest Sun Temple in the world" by the late Canon Stanley;  the Albert Hall, London;  the Great Exhibition (see note below);  Hyde Park 1851;  the Crystal Palace;  the Tower of Babel and the Coliseum.  However, as the brass bears little resemblance to any of these the identity of the building remains uncertain.  These 2 brasses differ slightly in the position of the building with regard to the surround - the one on the left has the building touching the border.  There are also very old ones showing a horse on the right and left of the steps in a border similar to 11-014 in Lions. 

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The Great Exhibition was a major international trade exhibition which was held in London in 1851.  It was sponsored by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.  Housed in the Crystal Palace which was designed by Joseph Paxton and built in Hyde Park, London and made entirely of glass and iron apart from the floor and joists.  Lasting 23 weeks the exhibition attracted more than 6 million visitors to the 17,000 exhibitions.  Education and Science were promoted by the investments from the profits.  In 1936 the Crystal Palace burnt down after being dismantled and moved to Sydenham.

Horse Brasses / Places 3