A Pair of Owls
A Pair of Owls
A Pair of Owls
A Pair of Owls
A Pair of Owls
A Pair of Owls
A Pair of Owls

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A pair of bronze owls perched on an irregular porphyry block. The owl on the left has yellow glass eyes and perches on its right leg, the right owl has orange glass eyes and stands on both legs.

The house and contents of Shaw's Corner were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw in 1950, together with Shaw's photographic archive.

National Trust, Shaw's Corner

near Welwyn

Title

A Pair of Owls

Date

1905

Medium

bronze, glass & porphyry

Measurements

H 21.6 x W 12.7 x D 10.8 cm

Accession number

1274934

Acquisition method

beqeathed as part of the Shaw Collection, 1950

Work type

Sculpture

Signature/marks description

on reverse of right owl: A. Gaul 1905

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National Trust, Shaw's Corner

Ayot St Lawrence, near Welwyn, Hertfordshire AL6 9BX England

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