Carving of St Peter
- Description
- This sculpture shows St Peter as a bishop raising his right hand in a blessing. It was probably originally part of an important religious building. It was rediscovered in 2004 in a garden in Dowlish Wake where it was being used as a grave marker for a cat. Acquired with assistance from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the ACE/V&A Purchase Grant Fund (www.vam.ac.uk/purchasegrantfund), the Art Fund, the Fairfield Trust and the Friends of the Museum of Somerset.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 137/2014
- Collection Class
- Anglo-Saxon
- Common Name
- carving of St Peter
- Simple Name
- carving
- Period Classification
- Early Medieval (AD 410-1066)
- Production Date
- 1000 (about)
- Production Country
- England
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Material
- stone, oolitic limestone
- Collection Parish
- Dowlish Wake
- Collection Town
- Dowlish Wake
- Collection County
- Somerset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Inscription / Transcription
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