A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900 reserved in the later part of

in the later part of the 18th and early 19th century

the art deco inspired shaped carcass on oak deco influenced fluted and stylized supports

opening to reveal a vacant paper lined interior above a roundel carved and urn painted frieze

they are sat comfortably and stably in their frames

by an unknown maker

A Pair of Late 19thC Lead Cistern Supports Formed as Seated Lion-Dogs c.1900 reserved in the later part ofOrigin: 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