Cast-iron fountain created by Walter MacFarlane and Co at the Saracen Foundry for the 1901 Glasgow Empire Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park. It can now be found across the city in Alexandra Park.
I think this might be the largest bootscraper in Glasgow. Most are about six to eight inches across, making them just wide enough to scrape the sole of one boot at a time. This one outside Renfield Saint Stephen's Church on Bath Street is about a foot and a half long meaning several people can clean their boots at the same time.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this rather beautiful grotesque from a handrail on J.J. Burnet's 1906 stable and servant's quarters at 1 Park Gardens Lane in the west end of the city.
Decorative metalwork on the Albert Bridge in Glasgow. Built in 1868 to a design by Bell and Miller, it's the only substantial wrought-iron arched bridge in Scotland.
Lion's foot leg on the bottom of a cast iron lamp outside the Royal Scottish Automobile Club building on Blytheswood Square in Glasgow.
I would imagine if you stripped off all the layers of thick black paint which have been added over the years, the underlying sculpture would look much more detailed and crisp.
These pieces of street furniture would have once been found at the entrance to most town houses and many tenement closes. You can still find them outside buildings across the city, but the design in the bottom left is not one I've seen elsewhere. Thanks to Harjam10 on Twitter for bringing it to my attention.
Love this bit of metalwork at the top of a building at Victoria Cross on the southside of Glasgow. I particularly like the font used for the lettering. I also like the fact that the technical term for this type of decoration at the top of a building is brattishing.
There's also some very impressive guilded metalwork on the front elevation of 90 Saint Vincent Street in Glasgow. As far as I can work out, this was part of Campbell's origibal 1908 design.
Been cutting up 6" RSJs or i-Beams as folk seem to call them these days. Seriously hard work, even with a 9" angle grinder! 😳 All ready for #welding though and these offcuts will make handy little anvils! 😊 #metalwork#fabrication
First attempt at a one piece triskele, a triple spiral symbol popular across neolithic europe, used extensively by the Celts and even the Greeks and Romans.
This particular one was made from a single piece of round bar. Two thirds of the length was split in two lengthwise, while the remaining portion was drawn out to the same length.
Then there was further drawing out of each arm, rounding and finally attempting to make three spirals the same.