COLLECTION NAME:
SHIMMER
mediaCollectionId
SHU~3~3
SHIMMER
Collection
true
Title:
The Balloon and Miller Plaque
title
The Balloon and Miller Plaque
Title
false
Creation Date:
1988
creation_date
1988
Creation Date
false
Dimensions:
120cm high x 84cm
dimensions
120cm high x 84cm
Dimensions
false
Image Date:
2004
image_date
2004
Image Date
false
Period:
20th century
period
20th century
Period
false
Location:
Silkstone, South Yorkshire
location
Silkstone, South Yorkshire
Location
false
Country:
ENGLAND, UK
country
ENGLAND, UK
Country
false
Material:
ceramic tiles
material
ceramic tiles
Material
false
Display Creator:
BROUGHTON, Lorna
display_creator
BROUGHTON, Lorna
Display Creator
false
Image ID:
b041c
image_id
b041c
Image ID
false
Description:
Detail showing the panel. Location: At the entrance to a farm on Blackergreen Lane, Moor End, Silkstone Common, S75. Description: Ceramic relief panel in the wall to the left of the path immediately before a farm. The plaque is divided into two scenes one above the other. The upper half of the panel shows a balloon with a face, the lower half a horseman galloping from right to left surrounded by water. Behind him is a sluice gate, in front of him can be seen half of a mill-wheel. The whole is surrounded by rocks, trees and intertwined leaves. Commission: Organised by the Silkstone Heritage Stones Project, composed of local residents. Commissioned June 1991, finished September and sited October of the same year. In 1853 a balloon landed near this site. It had been part of a demonstration about the fall of Sebastopol prior to the onset of the Crimean War. "The balloonist, in fear of his life from the throng which gathered around him, offered an individual in the crowd 10/- to pack his balloon and deliver it to the station" [1] The horseman on the plaque is the local miller who would release the dam sluice gate at Blacker Green and gallop back to the mill in a race with the water. References: [1] Sara Selwood: The benefits of public art in Great Britain.
description
Detail showing the panel. Location: At the entrance to a farm on Blackergreen Lane, Moor End, Silkstone Common, S75. Description: Ceramic relief panel in the wall to the left of the path immediately before a farm. The plaque is divided into two scenes one above the other. The upper half of the panel shows a balloon with a face, the lower half a horseman galloping from right to left surrounded by water. Behind him is a sluice gate, in front of him can be seen half of a mill-wheel. The whole is surrounded by rocks, trees and intertwined leaves. Commission: Organised by the Silkstone Heritage Stones Project, composed of local residents. Commissioned June 1991, finished September and sited October of the same year. In 1853 a balloon landed near this site. It had been part of a demonstration about the fall of Sebastopol prior to the onset of the Crimean War. "The balloonist, in fear of his life from the throng which gathered around him, offered an individual in the crowd 10/- to pack his balloon and deliver it to the station" [1] The horseman on the plaque is the local miller who would release the dam sluice gate at Blacker Green and gallop back to the mill in a race with the water. References: [1] Sara Selwood: The benefits of public art in Great Britain.
Description
false
Rights:
© Sheffield Hallam University
rights
© Sheffield Hallam University
Rights
false
Permissions:
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
permissions
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Permissions
false
Related Information:
Silkstone Public Art. For more information see also < http://public-art.s… > .
related_information
Silkstone Public Art. For more information see also < http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/pmsa/barnsley/index.html#page5 > .
Related Information
false
Photographed by:
Dave Ball
photographed_by
Dave Ball
Photographed by
false
Creator:
BROUGHTON, Lorna
creator
BROUGHTON, Lorna
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Ceramicist.
creator_role
Ceramicist.
Creator Role
false
Culture Gender:
Female.
culture_gender
Female.
Culture Gender
false
Subject Heading:
Public art -- England (South Yorkshire)
subject_heading
Public art -- England (South Yorkshire)
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Ceramics in art
subject_heading
Ceramics in art
Subject Heading
false
Subject Heading:
Tiles
subject_heading
Tiles
Subject Heading
false