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A RARE PAIR OF 16th CENTURY ENGLISH LIMESTONE LION FINIALS. APPLEBY CASTLE.CIRCA 1550-1580.

THIS FINE PAIR OF TUDOR LIMESTONE LION FINIALS ARE FROM APPLEBY CASTLE, WESTMORELAND AND WOULD HAVE MOST PROBABLY BEEN PART OF A BUILDINGS STRUCTURE. ONE SLIGHTLY MORE WEATHERED THAN THE OTHER BUT EQUALLY AS IMPRESSIVE. BOTH IN THE SEJANT POSITION HOLDING A SHIELD, WONDERFUL IMPRESSIVE SCULPTURES.

PROVENANCE APPLEBY CASTLE, WESTMORELAND. ONCE THE SEAT OF LADY ANNE CLIFFORD.

STOCK NO 2013.