{"id":313,"date":"2015-05-11T15:07:19","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2015\/05\/11\/a-long-lost-treasure\/"},"modified":"2018-10-02T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T15:35:24","slug":"a-long-lost-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2015\/05\/11\/a-long-lost-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"A long lost treasure&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/fb77b43507c602629d638a01a0eb2f1f\/tumblr_inline_no6xfmOhKe1sst51o_540.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This remarkable painted King\u2019s College London crest was recently discovered in<br \/>\na little-visited store room (NOT part of the Archives storage, I\u2019d like to make<br \/>\nclear). \u00a0Made of some sort of cast<br \/>\nconcrete, it\u2019s approximately a metre wide, nearly a metre high, and extremely<br \/>\nheavy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/40.media.tumblr.com\/bce006061c4411aa184aa366140e06b0\/tumblr_inline_no6xgmr0WY1sst51o_540.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lion standing on his royal crown is detachable, and is<br \/>\nnow stored in Archives, after a gentle preliminary clean to remove the worst of<br \/>\nthe grime.<\/p>\n<p>We think that it may have stood over a doorway to one side<br \/>\nof the original Strand entrance, although in this black and white photograph<br \/>\nthe crest does not appear to be painted<br \/>\n&#8211; though that may just be down to layers of London soot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/40.media.tumblr.com\/dfdc03b7b64520a9fd8b4dc5ee8899ec\/tumblr_inline_no6xi50GRI1sst51o_540.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The figures have suffered some damage over the years: the woman (\u2018Sancte\u2019) on the left is missing a<br \/>\nhand and part of her nose<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/2fe7194c4a4fac0fd97029145ee92776\/tumblr_inline_no6xjfkhTK1sst51o_540.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and \u2018Sapienter\u2019 on<br \/>\nthe right looks as though he\u2019s been in a fight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/41.media.tumblr.com\/8c95d5eaa1b70fa3fb4a1bddfec08cf6\/tumblr_inline_no6xkwWMRp1sst51o_540.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the dirt and the damage, the crest and its<br \/>\nsupporters have a lot of charm, and it would be good to see them cleaned up and<br \/>\nback on display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This remarkable painted King\u2019s College London crest was recently discovered in a little-visited store room (NOT part of the Archives storage, I\u2019d like to make clear). \u00a0Made of some sort of cast concrete, it\u2019s approximately a metre wide, nearly a metre high, and extremely heavy. &nbsp; &nbsp; The lion standing on his royal crown &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2015\/05\/11\/a-long-lost-treasure\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A long lost treasure&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kclca","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}