A Good Large Upper Section of a 19thC Male Lion’s Skull sub-Curios and although rusty

and although rusty

The specimen is presented in very good order considering the relative fragility and age and that these examples are so often found with many feathers missing with a tatty appearance

Chocks away old boy

clad in period dress holding a staff

A Good Large Upper Section of a 19thC Male Lion’s Skull sub-Curios and although rustyOrigin: 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.