{"product_id":"elwyn-gargoyle-corbel-shelf","title":"Elwyn Gargoyle Corbel Shelf","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eLong before they became symbols of gothic romance, gargoyles were working architecture. Carved into the stonework of medieval cathedrals across Europe, they served a practical purpose but their makers gave them something more than function. They were watchers. Protectors set into the fabric of sacred buildings, their monstrous forms believed to ward off the evil spirits that lurked beyond the church walls. The more unsettling the creature, the greater its power to repel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe word itself comes from the Old French \u003cem\u003egargouille\u003c\/em\u003e (throat) a nod to the water that once poured from their open mouths at Notre-Dame, Chartres, and Westminster. But stripped of their practical role, the gargoyle endured. It outlasted the rain, the reformation, the centuries. It became something purely symbolic: a sentinel, a threshold guardian, a creature that belongs to the space between the sacred and the profane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eElwyn is cast in black resin with a hand-brushed gold finish, crouched and watchful beneath the shelf he supports. There are two key-hole hangers fixed to the reverse, ready for you to place onto your wall screws (not provided). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black resin with gold brushed finish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 18cm, Width 19cm, Depth (of shelf) 12.5cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Blackened Teeth Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57234295718270,"sku":"ELWYN-GARGOYLE-CORBEL-BLK\/GOLD","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/9165\/4985\/files\/2C208B86-CE1A-4D33-9269-F7BAE3185B4B.jpg?v=1775836099","url":"https:\/\/www.theblackenedteeth.com\/it\/products\/elwyn-gargoyle-corbel-shelf","provider":"The Blackened Teeth Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}