A c.1800 Carved Wood, Gesso & Parcel Gilt Heraldic Lion; The Cooper Penrose Estate, Ireland

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A c.1800 Carved Wood, Gesso & Parcel Gilt Heraldic Lion; The Cooper Penrose Estate, IrelandOrigin: Irish British Period: George III Provenance: The Cooper Penrose Estate, Woodhill House, County Cork, Ireland and thence by decent Date: c. 1800 Width: 11 Length: 40 or 28. 5 at base Height: 13. 5 (all at extremities) In original unrestored condition, the generously sized recumbent carved wood, gesso and parcel gilt lion beautifully modelled in the neoclassical style, gazing forward with a ferocious expression and ready to pounce, the muscled

Polignac's success in the post was short-lived

commensurate with age and weathering

himself age 18 and his brother James

This is a scarcer example than most from Ernest W

He now rests

Circumference: 11

soft and well rounded

showing a three-dimensional carved wooden yellow painted plane with pilot and co pilot amongst a hand painted background of a clouded blue sky and a country house with meandering river

and was consecrated about 1180

IE gilded and painted

depicting the shooting of a film

all of which have seen considerable use and as a result the buttery mellowed patination is of the highest order

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