Name: A Wonderful Early 19thC Naïvely Carved Marble Recumbent Lion
Brand: martinafruit.com
SKU: 14086304948
Price: 675.00 USD
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A Wonderful Early 19thC Naïvely Carved Marble Recumbent Lion

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A Wonderful Early 19thC Naïvely Carved Marble Recumbent LionOrigin: English Period: Regency William IV Provenance: The Property of a Lady, removed from a cottage on the Stourhead Estate Date: c. 1810 30 Length: 17. 5 inches Height: 8. 5 inches Depth: 6. 5 inches The early nineteenth century white marble recumbent lion, carved in the nave manner, formerly the property of a Lady, and removed from a cottage on the Stourhead Estate survives from the second quarter of the nineteenth century. The lion is in good

Period: Early-Twentieth Century

though more than likely they were merely stored and then forgotten

originally made to produce rag doll Betty Blue

They were once hunted extensively for their meat and eggs

Remaining in fair overall condition considering their relative fragility

the frieze fluted

resin and asphaltum (thinned with turpentine this was a bitumous substance from the Dead Sea)

spleneus and trapezius

known as Carmania wool

Once having been a flank section of a large three-piece furniture dressing table mirror

all dated to 1896 through to 1903 and prepared by Cowans Sheldon & Co Ltd Engineering

olive and deep aubergine