A COLLECTION OF NINETEEN WEST COUNTRY BRASS FRIENDLY-SOCIETY STAFF-HEADS

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A COLLECTION OF NINETEEN WEST COUNTRY BRASS FRIENDLY-SOCIETY STAFF-HEADS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Including One by the maker Blinman & Co, Bristol, one engraved with a ship, one pierced with the initials 'INF' with a clover leaf, Wincanton, Ansford and others
tallest 14 in. (36 cm.) high

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Each friendly society used their own brass motif to differentiate them from other societies. On the Society's annual Feast Day or Walking Day, usually in spring, the members would hold a parade around the village carrying poles or staves. Some poles were headed by garlands of flowers, whilst in the West Country, the poles were commonly headed by a brass finial with a distinctive shape and decorated with ribbons.