A Very Good c.1880 Cast Iron Relief Model in the Form of a Lion Couchant sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles enclosing a stone ball

enclosing a stone ball

James Atkinson worked within this building

which could be washed out if so desired

and at least one later swore she owed her life to him

Width: 100 inches

A Very Good c.1880 Cast Iron Relief Model in the Form of a Lion Couchant sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles enclosing a stone ballOrigin: British Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1890 Width: 27. 5 inches Height: 14 inches Weight: 8. 8 KGS The well patinated flat back cast iron door porter recumbent lion, half modelled in the Landseer style, probably by T. Jones of Carmarthen in around 1880, with one paw outstretched and flowing mane, survives from the late nineteenth century. Showing weathering commensurate with age, having been placed outside,