Fire Grate at Kedleston Hall

When I walk around stately homes, I find it easy to be overwhelmed by all the treasures and so much passes me by. So on this occasion I made a point of looking for details of craftmanship. This image is taken from the fire grate in the great hearth of the marble entrance hall. There is a demonstration by a silversmith currently being held at Kedleston and it made me think that the skills used generations ago are still being perpetuated.

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