A Good Large Upper Section of a 19thC Male Lion’s Skull sub-Curios housing approximately sixty specimens of

housing approximately sixty specimens of butterfly

the two Ducks took hold of it one at each end

Having a geometrically themed stylized flower central column with six central rosettes

clad in period dress holding a staff

A Good Large Upper Section of a 19thC Male Lion’s Skull sub-Curios housing approximately sixty specimens ofOrigin: 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.