A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage expertly worked in gold metalled

expertly worked in gold metalled threads and brightly coloured silks

Handle Top Diameter: 2 inches

fun houses and haunted houses had replaced the fat boy

and with such elegant lines

it is actually a member of the nightjar family

A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage expertly worked in gold metalledOrigin: Unknown Period: Late 19thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1900 Width: 6 Height: 12. 5 Depth: 13 (each) The solid lead sculpted figures of a pair of stylised lion dogs, freestanding and formerly being the supports for a cistern, each showing a very good patination to the lead, and surviving from the latter stages of the nineteenth century. The figures are in stable overall order and as they have been supports the tops of the heads are therefore