Someone posted about royalty and Pineapples in the Victorian era and I commented that people used to throw parties so you could get a photograph holding the pineapple and some of our iron fencing had pineapples on them - here is one.
I can't find an official explanation but it is most probably a decoration chosen to imply prestige or to honour royalty (as I think a park near us has it too - will check on that)
I posted about this a few Wednesdays ago. Cool.
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I thought it was you but couldn't quite remember - my head's been elsewhere with all the dramas going on for me at the moment.
DeleteSo rare and expensive at the time. I think people came to visit just to see one.
ReplyDeleteAlso a sign of hospitality.
Have a lovely weekend.