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That's a cool recovery. Usually most cast lead figures have something broken.
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Nice!!! Congrats!!!
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Nice piece. Is his tail tucked or missing?
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Thanks for the responses. The figure is amazingly intact. Tail is tucked. I soaked it and tried gently cleaning. New pictures attached. Just not sure how to potentially clean it more, or if that's even possible.
Any thoughts on age? Google image search only shows big famous sculptures. Thanks again.
Any thoughts on age? Google image search only shows big famous sculptures. Thanks again.
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NICE find for sure 
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Really neat piece. It looks like you have gotten most or all of the dirt off and what remains is corrosion. If you remove the corrosion, it appears as if there will be pits underneath. So perhaps you can't improve it much more.
Lead usually forms a thin protective layer when it is in the soil and does not corrode in the way this item has. So maybe it's pewter. The old pewter was a lead alloy with other metals.
When I find an old pewter button, I clean it gently like you have, then coat it with a diluted white, waterborne glue (PVA) to give it mechanical strength so that it does not lose fragments from its edges. But yours is big and strong enough so that mechanical degradation will probably not be a problem.
Lead usually forms a thin protective layer when it is in the soil and does not corrode in the way this item has. So maybe it's pewter. The old pewter was a lead alloy with other metals.
When I find an old pewter button, I clean it gently like you have, then coat it with a diluted white, waterborne glue (PVA) to give it mechanical strength so that it does not lose fragments from its edges. But yours is big and strong enough so that mechanical degradation will probably not be a problem.
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That is a nice complete figure. Most are damaged somehow.
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That left side is just great. Fancy chaps, reins, and all. I'm guessing you found nothing on the bottom to aid in an ID. Paper weight? Lamp or clock figure? Great find.
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A very nice find - congrats !
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Unfortunately, nothing on the bottom. It's so nice to be part of this amazing community!
Thanks
Thanks
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You sure found a beauty! Good job!
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