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Smith of Derby partnered with artist Wolfgang Buttress on the construction of his design for the Eleanor Cross in Stamford, Lincolnshire. The original Eleanor Crosses were 12 lavishly decorated stone monuments erected by King Edward I between 1291 and 1294 as memorials to his wife Eleanor of Castile.
The crosses marked the route of her funeral cortege as it was taken from Lincoln to London. The only remaining fragment of the Stamford Eleanor Cross is of a small carved stone rose. Using the form and symbolism of the rose, this sculpture celebrates love, longing and remembrance in the form of a spire which subtly transforms to bronze from local Ketton stone.
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