Stock No: 7807

LONGSTAFF FAMILY CHIMNEYPIECE: A finely carved small but tall Jacobean Renaissance Revival chimneypiece & overmantel in Derbyshire fossil stone with the coat of arms of the Longstaff Family, who financed the Sir Ernest Shackleton and Scott's Antarctic Expeditions in 1914. The family motto "VIGILATE" carved along the frieze. With restorations.
English, dated 1892.

Link to: Antique Renaissance, Gothic Tudor Fireplace mantels and Chimneypieces: 1260 - 1600