Googling for Knights I found some I recall ( Etsy, eBay) including this Hong Kong-made plastic statuette. This could very well have been the one I had as a kid in the Sixties, nestling on a shelf with my monsters and rockets.
He's just missing his sword or spear.
My folks had this handsome iridescent firedog next to the fireplace too. It weighed a ton!
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And we deffo had one of these plastic and brass wall plaques. I adored the scene, the standard bearer at the front with the line of the marquees receding I to the distance. I never really knew what the object was at the front - a sword scabbard? - and often wondered what the ring was for.
This plaque rings another bell too, plastic and brass ( image from Etsy, not my nails!)
And this fine heraldic plaque graced our living room. What a kitsch beauty it was!
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Did your parents have knights?
Alas, nothing like these wonderful examples. I do not know what the vertical object is - my guess would be some sort of holder to display equipment such as the shield, helm, or weapons ? Or perhaps a tethering post for a horse ?
ReplyDeleteA horse tethering post! Good idea Paul.
DeleteYep, tethering ring and post for a horse. Good job! No knights here but I used to display my swords by the fireplace.
DeleteMy parents had black wrought iron decorations in a sort of Spanish motif.
ReplyDeleteThey sound great Baron!
Deletelooks like a good knight was had by all!
ReplyDeleteHee hee, I was waiting for something like that!
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