Recumbent lion doorstop
possibly British (Welsh) School
Category
Metalwork
Date
c. 1880 - c. 1890
Materials
Cast iron
Measurements
356 x 727 x 125 mm
Place of origin
Carmarthen
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 514983
Summary
Cast iron, doorstop in the form of a recumbent lion, British (possibly Welsh) School, possibly The Priory Foundry, Carmarthen, c. 1880-90. A cast iron half model or door porter lion, with proper right paw outstretched and flowing mane. In the style of the four lions at the base of Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-73) and Baron Carlo Marochetti (1805-67), 1867. Other casts of this popular model have been attributed to The Priory Foundry, an ironworks in Carmarthen, Wales, run by Thomas Jones & Sons from c. 1860 to the late 19th century.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
possibly British (Welsh) School, founder
References
Christie, Manson & Woods 1971: The National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. Inventory: Furniture, Textiles, Porcelain, Bronzes, Sculpture and Garden Ornaments’, 1971, vol. I, p. 15, no. 6.