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Grille of Mary Queen of Scots Tomb

Artist: English

Location: Westminster Abbey Chapter House, Pyx Chamber, and Abbey Museum

Date: 1613

Materials: wrought iron

Grant:

Amount Paid: £400 (Total: £400)

Vendor: Messrs G R Harding

Review number: 300 (1920)

Provenance:
Taken down by Gayfere and Wyatt, the Abbey mason and architect; John Bridge, a Georgian silversmith who installed it in his house near Dorchester, 1826; Messrs G R Harding.

Description:
Wrought iron grille or railing of Sussex workmanship erected under the orders of the tomb architect Cornelius Cure. Restored to its original position in the Chapel of Henry VII in the Abbey.

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