Bucranium on the former Gallowgate Branch of the National Commercial Bank of Scotland in Glasgow. The Bucranium is a very ancient symbol depicting the decorated skull of an ox which can be traced back as far as the Neolithic period. Its use on this otherwise Art Deco building presumably relates to its proximity to the former meat and cattle market on the other side of Gallowgate.

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The coat of arms of the National Commercial Bank of Scotland on a former branch on Gallowgate in Glasgow. The National Commercial Bank was established in 1959 by the merging of two older banks: The National Bank of Scotland, established in 1825, and the Commerical Bank of Scotland established in 1810. In 1969, the National Commercial Bank itself merged with the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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