A 17thC Monastic Flemish Limestone Fragmental Head of a Lion c.1600-50 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Rare high Victorian whimsy for

Rare high Victorian whimsy for the garden or indoor object d’art

Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling

but to find one of this size of the period in plaster is rare

Length: 33 inches (at maximum)

This Windsor shows its English origin by the fact that there are few turnings to the legs and stretchers and the arm supports are curved not straight and turned like an American equivalent would be

A 17thC Monastic Flemish Limestone Fragmental Head of a Lion c.1600-50 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Rare high Victorian whimsy forOrigin: Belgian Period: Baroque Provenance: An Unknown Monastery in Ronse Date: c. 1600 50 Height: 20 Width: 9 Depth: 9. 5 The wonderful limestone stone fragment in the form of a lions head, carved in the round and gazing upward, somewhat with sorrow, having a pronounced stylised mane and facial features to its integral base, once being part of a larger architectural ensemble and reputably hailing from a monastery in Ronse in eastern Belgium, the