A Pair of Early 20thC Black Painted Stone Garden Lions c.1930-40 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the splat and frieze with

the splat and frieze with carvetto balls

stamped to one foot OSLER

One of them has a repair to the stem

His collection was on view in Southampton as a museum

and the canvas remains in an uncleaned state meaning much of the background is a little darker than it once was

A Pair of Early 20thC Black Painted Stone Garden Lions c.1930-40 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews the splat and frieze withOrigin: 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