Indian Pair of Architectural Brackets

Filigree you could lock a door with.

Indian foundries cast this pair of architectural brackets in iron in the early 20th century. Cast brackets like these were commonly used to support shelves, verandas and awnings. Each is a tall, curved triangle filled with a dense lacework of scrolling tendrils, and each ends in a small turned finial at the foot. They are mirror images of one another. The metal has weathered to a dark bronze-brown, a little lighter along the edges where it has been handled.

Each is about 24 inches tall and 23 wide. Bracket work with some theater to it.