A circa late 19th/early 20th century small carved wooden mod...

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A circa late 19th/early 20th century small carved wooden model of the 'Lion of Lucerne' after Thorvaldson, probably a Grand Tour souvenir (7.75cm wide x 3cm deep) (The 'Lion of Lucerne' is a sorrowful monument of a dying lion carved beautifully into the rock wall of an old sandstone quarry in Lucerne, Switzerland. Measuring 10m long and 6m high, the animal proudly commemorates the Swiss Guards who died in 1792 defending the French Royal Family at the Tuileries Palace in Paris)

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Auction Date:
29th Oct 20 at 10am GMT

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