A Rare Late 19thC Granite Butchers Slaughtering Block c.1890 sub-Architectural & Garden the whole standing on scroll

the whole standing on scroll bracket feet and surviving from the second quarter of nineteenth century France

The general condition is nicely untouched with wonderful patination and Verdigris wear

It may well be Persian but perhaps is more likely inspired by and of European origin or possibly that of India

and it really does work in a contemporary setting… what secrets did our Spanish knight keep

and an early example of its type

A Rare Late 19thC Granite Butchers Slaughtering Block c.1890 sub-Architectural & Garden the whole standing on scrollOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Dairyland Farmworld Museum, Cornwall, UK Date: c. 1890 Height: 16 Diameter: 16 The rarely found butchers slaughtering or tethering block or boulder, used for slaughtering animals in a butchery, the whole in granite with a blacksmith forged iron tethering ring, the whole surviving from the late nineteenth century and formerly of the Dairyland Museum, Cornwall. In complete condition, the block is in