A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The condition is good with

The condition is good with some little rub to the ebonised detailing

have sadly perished

We know the urn has spent most of its life over in Holland

The 12th-century historian William of Malmesbury was of the community

the industry has gradually adopted the use of analine colours

A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The condition is good withOrigin: 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