Code: 1193
Dimensions:
18th century cast bronze heraldic crest, in the form of a lion passant, facing dexter, standing on a torse. The patination, condition, detail and quality all suggest the lion dates from the 18th century.
Mounted upon a patinated and polished display board and with a cast iron hanging bracket.
Height of lion 14" (36cm) Board: Height 22" x 25.5"
One of two, offered individually.
Literature:
The lion passant is the family crest of the Scottish family Stirling of Glorat, of the Clan Stirling. Glorat, the family seat, is in the Scottish parish of Campsie, Stirlingshire - now renamed East Dunbartonshire. Other branches of Clan Stirling, descendants of de Striveling, include the Stirlings of Kier, Perthshire, and the Stirlings of Cadder, Stirlingshire. The name Stirling was derived from the town of that name, located in a 'tract of country between the firths of Forth and Clyde has been, through all antiquity, famous for battles and rencounters between the different nations who were possessed of North and South Britain'.