A Pair of Early 20thC Black Painted Stone Garden Lions c.1930-40 sub-Natural History this example is almost certainly

this example is almost certainly a stand-a-lone piece

The mechanism for the drop end is in working order for all three elevations

The cabinet has not been restored in any way aside from some concealed castors being added later to blocks just inside the feet

surviving from the middle period of nineteenth century France and signed ‘Dalou’ to the rear for Aimé-Jules Dalou 1838-1902)

A Pair of Early 20thC Black Painted Stone Garden Lions c.1930-40 sub-Natural History this example is almost certainlyOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 40Height: 21. 5Width: 9Depth: 12 (each)The stylised reconstituted stone lions, sejant on oval bases, having been black painted, each with contented expressions and scrollwork to the bases and surviving from the second quarter of the twentieth century. The lions are in stable overall order with commensurate weathering to the paint, showing some areas of loss; to a front leg and to