A lead statue of a horse and its rider at Hackwood Park fell from its high plinth, tearing the statue to bits, and distorting the soft metal. In this conservation operation, our conservators painstakingly reassembled and reshaped the statue until it was ready again for display.
The statue after the storm, fallen and broken into pieces.
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We carefully lifted and packed each piece ready for transportation to our workshops. Our expertise in moving metal objects was crucial when doing this, to make sure that the already weakened structure didn't collapse.
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Here is an example of the extent of the fractures in the sculpture. The painstaking process of reshaping and repairing all of the breaks took about six months.
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The reassembled statue is lowered onto its plinth.
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The completed conservation.
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