Keywords: Columbus Ship 2TemplePlace.JPG en Ship on top of 2 Temple Place on the Embankment in London This was commissioned by Lord Astor the then owner of this building known as Astor House It is set high above the machicolated parapets of the building and is a representation of the caravel in which Columbus discovered America It is the work of J Starkie Gardner the well-known English metal worker Starkie Gardner was responsible for all the metalwork both inside and outside of the building The ship is in beaten copper own Weglinde Gordon Lawson 2011-03-22 Cc-zero 2 Temple Place Weather vanes in London Sculptures of sailing ships Santa MarĂa ship 1482 Carracks in art |