A Good Large Upper Section of a 19thC Male Lion’s Skull sub-Curios clad in period dress holding

clad in period dress holding a staff

27th November 1922

the makers rating name plate to the underside showing model number 02E-12” and serial number M8202

and although rusty

A Good Large Upper Section of a 19thC Male Lion’s Skull sub-Curios clad in period dress holdingOrigin: African Period: Mid Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 5. 5 inches (at maximum) Width: 9. 5 inches (at maximum) Length: 14 inches (at maximum) The large cranium of an African male lion (Panthera Leo) skull with deep eye sockets and nasal cavities, surviving from the latter half of the nineteenth century. The condition of the whole is good with a well aged patination and ivory hue making the skull very tactile.