Belgian Baroque Limestone Lion Corbels
Late 17th – Early 18th Century

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Belgian Baroque Limestone Lion Corbels Late 17th – Early 18th CenturyA striking pair of architectural lion corbels carved from Belgian bluestone (Petit Granit Pierre Bleue de Belgique), quarried in the region of Soignies. Each lion emerges powerfully from a squared masonry block, their expressive faces framed by deeply carved flowing manes typical of Baroque stone carving in the Southern Netherlands. Originally forming part of a larger architectural scheme, the stones retain traces of historic polychrome and weathering

The double scalloped leaf bowls surmounted by a fountain rose

with a large amount of the residual gilded polychrome remaining

At the time the Foundry was described as being “from the magnitude of its operations is second to none in England”

an unglazed water vessel

A wonderful example of an early 18th Century ebonised George II Grotto chair in the manner of William Kent

Condition: Excellent decorative condition with expected craquelure and age-wear to the lacquer

It would have originally been created for a Noble Italian Family

They are a work of primitive folk art in their own right

Early 20th Century Pidgeon Hole postal cupboard from a Yorkshire Church

and unusually it’s original winding key

water-gilded with a base of red oxide bole over a gesso ground

Pacioli credited Fibonacci