This mermaid capital resides in the seventeenth century Grange Court in Leominster. Whether it dates from that time or is a"Jacobethan" addition of the nineteenth century I don't know. What I do know is that it is a charmingly composed piece with the mermaids hair echoing the volutes of an architectural capital and the net of caught fishes looking very swag-like. Of course, one is bound to ask why, given that mermaids can swim wonderfully well, they need a net with which to catch fish.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
