Love this sculpted head on the 1897 Mercantile Chambers on Bothwell Street in central Glasgow, especially the fishy hair style!

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I love this statue of Mercury by Francis Derwent Wood sitting in a baldacchino (a canopy over an alter or throne) above the entrance to the 1897 Mercantile Chambers on Bothwell Street in Glasgow.

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Mercury, the Roman god of commerce, merchants, travellers and thieves, is depicted sitting on a throne made of a globe combined with sailing ships and sea monsters, a reference to Glasgow's maritime mercantile history.

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Why there is one on this Glasgow building, I don't know, but its one of many wierd, but wonderful sculptures on it.

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