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Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection

Provenance & Patina: Important English Furniture from a West Coast Collection

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Elizabethan, 16th Century

Finial in the Form of an Heraldic Lion

Auction Closed

June 18, 08:33 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

oak


height 25 ½ in.; width 9 in.

64.5 cm; 22.9 cm

With Michael Pashby Antiques, New York.

The present finial has taken the form of a lion sejant erect. He is shown baring his teeth, while his forepaws rest on a shield, which could have once been adorned with heraldic imagery. This sculpture bears a resemblance to another finial, also in the form of a lion, surmounting a newel post on the staircase in Bradninch Manor, Devonshire (constructed circa 1547).


At the time of its construction, the present work would have likely surmounted a throne chair or a grand staircase, the latter of which was just becoming in vogue in the late 16th century.

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