A Pair of 19thC Carved Stone Gate Pier Fragmentary Lion Head Carvings c.1860 poa-item because of the fascinating location

because of the fascinating location of this find it is intriguing and thus proves to be a wonderful and macabre curio

With no buyer coming forward the works were advertised for sale during March 1904

a publisher of unlicensed Bibles who had made a fortune in the South Sea Bubble

The sides are a little tatty and there is one one-penny sized hole to the mid-lower section and there a handful of areas of thinning showing the base

A Pair of 19thC Carved Stone Gate Pier Fragmentary Lion Head Carvings c.1860 poa-item because of the fascinating locationOrigin: Scottish Period: Early Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1860 No. 1: 13" wide x 9. 5" high x 11" deep No. 2: 12" wide x 9. 5" high x 9" deep The well carved pair of mid nineteenth century opposing stone gate pier carvings, each modelled as the head of a lion with full manes, presented in fragmentary condition, the wholes with an appealing weathered and decorative look, surviving from a Scottish estate. In fragmentary condition, the