A Pair of Early 20thC Black Painted Stone Garden Lions c.1930-40 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews It became Cistercian in 1147

It became Cistercian in 1147 and prospered until the time of the dissolution of the monasteries in 1536

Painted by John Callcott Horsley Oct 1854” surviving in its original gilt gesso frame from early Victorian period England

the whole presented unframed and monogrammed AB and dated to 1862

One of them has a repair to the stem

and art with real poise that truly escapes the ugliness and materialism of the Victorian era by creating a new kind of art and beauty

A Pair of Early 20thC Black Painted Stone Garden Lions c.1930-40 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews It became Cistercian in 1147Origin: EnglishPeriod: Early Mid 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 40Height: 21. 5Width: 9Depth: 12 (each)The stylised reconstituted stone lions, sejant on oval bases, having been black painted, each with contented expressions and scrollwork to the bases and surviving from the second quarter of the twentieth century. The lions are in stable overall order with commensurate weathering to the paint, showing some areas of loss; to a front leg and to