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Exploration Obelisk

Philippa Threlfall
1991

Description

Obelisk with as the theme the 15th century mariners who sailed from Bristol's docks to cross previously unexplored oceans. On the sides are stone mosaics with ceramic depictions of sea-serpents as described by these mariners. At the top is an armillary sphere.

Bristol - Exploration Obelisk

Inscription(s)

EXPLORATION
a celebration or
bristol's seafaring heritage

Obelisk - The Unknown Deep
philippa threlfall & kennedy collings
Armillary Sphere
james blunt
Commissioned by
the standard life assurance company

mcmxci

Sculptor

Philippa Threlfall, British artist of relief murals in ceramic, works together with her husband Kennedy Collings (Website).

Sources & Information

Geograph, Database.

Locatie (N 51°27'7" - W 2°35'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbsw070; Photograph: 21 March 2019
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