A Charming white dove, (probably made by the estates own carpenter) for keeping and attracting their doves. Retaining its original painted finish and mounted on its original metal plate where it would have most likely been attached to the roof of the Dovecote. On later grain painted stand.
The white dove: A symbol of peace and innocence for thousands of years in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and the renewal of life. Early Christians portrayed baptism accompanied by a dove, often on their sepulchers and in the story of Noah in the Bible, when the flood waters receded, Noah sent out a dove which returned with an olive leaf, to show that the Biblical flood was over and that life had returned to Earth. Ever since, in the Christian faith, the dove has symbolised deliverance and God’s forgiveness.
Pablo Picasso made the dove a modern symbol of peace when it was selected as the emblem for the World Peace Congress in 1949.

Approximately 23cm tip of tail to tip of beak.

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