A 17thC Monastic Flemish Limestone Fragmental Head of a Lion c.1600-50 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage This Windsor shows its English

This Windsor shows its English origin by the fact that there are few turnings to the legs and stretchers and the arm supports are curved not straight and turned like an American equivalent would be

Dingwall Castle was once the biggest castle north of Stirling

the black paint worn in places

but to find one of this size of the period in plaster is rare

The plants included range from European garden flowers such as tulips

A 17thC Monastic Flemish Limestone Fragmental Head of a Lion c.1600-50 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage This Windsor shows its EnglishOrigin: Belgian Period: Baroque Provenance: An Unknown Monastery in Ronse Date: c. 1600 50 Height: 20 Width: 9 Depth: 9. 5 The wonderful limestone stone fragment in the form of a lions head, carved in the round and gazing upward, somewhat with sorrow, having a pronounced stylised mane and facial features to its integral base, once being part of a larger architectural ensemble and reputably hailing from a monastery in Ronse in eastern Belgium, the