Reggie Unthank

Decorative Arts from medieval to modern.

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@barrystwit Hi, I tend not to tweet nowadays

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Merry Christmas

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@nch_tourguide Thank you Paul

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@OneGalsToronto Thank you Kay

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An Alphabet by the Beggarstaff Brothers' (1898) with William Nicholson himself as the poor artist

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High up in Saints Peter & Paul Lavenham

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@bwallower Looks like a Liberty ‘Thebes’ stool ca1900

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The ring of suns in splendour celebrating Edward IV's victory at the Battle of Tewkesbury (1471). Above the choir at Tewkesbury Abbey.

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The opulent Decorated tracery of St Margaret's Cley-next-the-Sea, its south transept ruinous since the Black Death of 1349.

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@EightiesFan73 @TheAttagirls There is a statue of 'Mrs Opie' above a shop in Opie St, Norwich. Sadly now overpainted in uniform cream paint; not good enough for a local heroine

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George Plunkett's photograph of the old Norwich Drill Hall getting ready for war (1938) . Read my new blog post on Gothic Revival in Norwich https://t.co/lsrS4zrtrC

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@katephillips29 Aah. Thank you.

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@WadesWords13 Yes, Norwich was second city into the 1700s

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On Saturday saw Cuningham's 1558 Map of Norwich in Norfolk Heritage Centre. This was the first detailed map of any provincial town in the country. Drop in to see other treasures on display @NorfolkHC

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The magnificent Marble Hall of Surrey House designed by local architect George Skipper for Norwich Union, now Aviva. The marble was originally intended for Westminster Cathedral.

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Youth taunting Father Time. Wonderful frieze by Yorkshire sculptor Frances Darlington c1911. Glimpsed in the Harrogate Theatre when watching grand-daughter perform.

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@HuwSayer Originally thought to be de Losinga but now St Felix

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Above the bishop's entrance a statue of St Felix (d.647/8), first Bishop of East Anglia. In Norwich Cathedral

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@HistoryMalc Cherubs added later?