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An English cast iron wall-tie bracket,
19th Century or earlier, sand-cast
opposed C-scrolls with a central hole,
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Stays – either wrought or cast iron – were historically applied to brick and masonry walls suffering from bowing or subsidence where the movement can be arrested by putting a steel tie through the building, They take different forms, the bracket acts to spread the force of the retaining tie on the brick or masonry. The brackets can be seen on historic buildings – particularly barns with large expanses of wall. See a separate entry for a series of smaller brackets from the same source.
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Swedish Birds (Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade)
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Magnus von Wright started out as a taxidermist in the 1820's, he stuffed birds for Societas pro Flora et Fauna Fennica, the oldest scientific society in Finland, and in 1845, became taxidermist a the university's zoological museum. Von Wright; though a skilful taxidermist, his reputation like that of his two brothers, Wilhelm and Ferdinand, rests on his skill as a zoological illustrator. The first edition of Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade, appeared between 1828 and 1837 and in 1859 he published the first handbook on Finnish birds. These chromolithographs are from the second edition Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade, published c1920 and printed by A. Bortzells, Stockholm. 'Picoides Tridactylus'.