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Parthian silver, gold & garnet spouted horn (rhyton) with lion (100-1 BCE) at Getty Museum Villa. Malibu, CA. | Art Deco lion on railing of Promenade Deck Observation Bar of Queen Mary. Long Beach, CA. | City Hall gilded lions face in railing. San Francisco, CA. | Gilded & silver detail of lion on Elephant throne (1870-1920) from India at Asian Art Museum. San Francisco, CA. |
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Table clock with lions pulling Britannia supported by eagles at Hurlbut-Dunham House. Wethersfield, CT. | Wall decoration with lion at Christian Heurich Mansion. Washington, DC. | Persian brass candlestick with lions (late 12thC) at Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC. | Detail of Persian brass candlestick with lions (late 12thC) at Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, DC. |
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Silver & gold Parthian wine horn with lion head (1stC BCE - 1stC CE) from Iran at Smithsonian Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Washington, DC. | Bronze lion head door pull (1342) on entrance to St Peter's Church. Hamburg, Germany. | Lion statues posture on the floor of Rosenborg Slot (Castle), Kobenhavn. Denmark. | Bronze door pull in shape of lion (c1500) from lower Saxony at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. |
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Medal showing Britannia & lion from Universal Exposition of London (1862) by Leonard Charles Wyon at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. | Lion andirons & cast-iron fire screen of fireplace in Peace Room at Versailles Palace. Versailles, France. | Lion door knocker on Paris gront door. Paris, France. | Details of lions on Joan of Arc statue (1912) by André Vermare from Lyon at Orleans Cathedral. France. |
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Fountain bronze face with lion headdress (19thC) by Antoine Laurent Dantan on Arles Obelisk pedestal. Arles, France. | Door knocker with lion of Aix-en-Provence city hall. Aix-en-Provence, France. | Chanukah Candelabrum in form of peacock & lions in Great Synagogue Museum, Budapest. Hungary. | Lamp with lion in Moss Mansion. Billings, MT. |
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Winged lions on the light stand at Royal Palace. Amsterdam, Netherlands. | Lion detail on side of Weiner parade carriage at FASNY Museum of Firefighting. Hudson, NY. | Persian gold head of snarling lion (6th-5thC BCE) probably from Ecbatana, Persia at Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY. | Bronze candlesticks with lions (c1825) from England at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA. |
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Detail of lion head on Etruscan bronze bowl in Vatican Museum. Vatican City. | Lion detail of Etruscan gold Fibula from Cerveteri Regolini-Galassi tomb (mid 7thC BCE), Vatican Museum. Vatican City. | Cast gold sword ornament in form of lion (mid-20thC) by Assante culture of Ghana at Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas, TX. | Cut glass decanter with silver handle & lion lid at Drum Castle. Drumoak, Scotland. |
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Hitching post in form of lion at Manderston House. Duns, Scotland. | Silver lion in dining room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland. | Silver Scottish lion on jade presentation sculpture in dining room at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland. | Bronze statue of lion & cubs in billiard room / library at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland. |
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Detail of bronze lion under feet of King Robert the Bruce tomb marker in Dunfermline New Abbey Church. Dunfermline, Scotland. | WWI memorial plaque with Britannia & lion for James Wilkinson at Edinburgh City Art Centre. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Silver tea urn with lion handles (1802-3) by James McKay of Edinburgh at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Royal lion over Royal Mile profile of Edinburgh on entrance doors at Queens Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Silver tankard with lion thumb piece (1685-6) by James Cockburn of Edinburgh at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Silver Bute mazer (c1314) with lion of King Robert the Bruce with shields of supporters at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Lion door knocker on Archbishop's Palace, Lima. Peru. |
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