Corona

Corona (partial view)

Designer: A. W. N. Pugin (1812-1852)

Manufacturer: [not mentioned, but surely John Hardman]

c.1840

Height: 20" inches (51 cm)

Diameter: 48" (122 cm)

The inscription on the corona runs, "Domine Da Nobis Lucem" (God gives us light). The corona came from the Bishop's House, Birmingham.

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