19TH CENTURY

细节

THREE BRASS WEST COUNTRY 'FRIENDLY SOCIETY' POLE-HEADS
19TH CENTURY
Later mounted, one on a hexagonal maple plinth, the others on sycamore circular bases
The tallest -- 11in. (28cm.) high (3)

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拍品专文

Friendly Societies were mutual aid societies, which evolved from the late 18th century, by 1801 there were at least 5,000. Brass society emblems were commonly produced in the West Country, as decorative elements representative of the name of the inn, inwhich the society members of the particular local parish met.