Lead Lions Face

[DavidBeard]

Lead Lion's Face

Hi Guys,
Got out into a new field while the sun was shining (got soaked yesterday) - found this about 8 inches down.
Lion's face (or mask) - pretty sure that its lead - found two parts - I'm sure there's a third somewhere but I couldn't find it.
It would be around 4 1/2 inches high and about 4 inches wide.
Here are the pics:





On the back there is a small clump of other metal (doesn't seem to be iron) may be where a hook or hanger had been:



I can't see any inscription or marking anywhere.
Anyone seen one like this before? How old do you think it is?
Best wishes,
David.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

Interesting find for sure. Maybe the rest of it is still out there somewhere

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

My best 'guess' would be late Georgian - early Victorian. Most likely a garden ornament possibly on a large flower pot or on the wall.

 

[DavidBeard]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

My best 'guess' would be late Georgian - early Victorian. Most likely a garden ornament possibly on a large flower pot or on the wall.

Thanks Crusader - but it makes you wonder why would this ornament be in a remote field, miles away from any buildings (or remains of buildings) and at a pretty high altitude too?

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

My best 'guess' would be late Georgian - early Victorian. Most likely a garden ornament possibly on a large flower pot or on the wall.

Thanks Crusader - but it makes you wonder why would this ornament be in a remote field, miles away from any buildings (or remains of buildings) and at a pretty high altitude too?

You not trying to make sence of how it got there, are you I know we all do this.

Most of my finds are in the middle of no-where. Most detectorist make the mistake (I think) of wanting to be near where old structures might have stood. However, archaeologicial digs of complete medieval villiages find very few gold coins & not many objects. They were relatively tidy & sweep it all up & dumped it on the fields they farmed or in pits in the back garden. The fields I prefer are ones that have been cultivated since the Iron Age & continually farmed. Its in the fields that turn up most of the good stuff, or if your lucky fair sites & ritual temple sites etc (I don't have any of them).

Don't try to hard to use logic about how things get where, it will blow your mind. Things turn up in the most unusual places & comes from 1000s of miles away (sometimes).

 

[shaun7]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

My best 'guess' would be late Georgian - early Victorian. Most likely a garden ornament possibly on a large flower pot or on the wall.

yeah, looks like a water feature type thing

 

[STH69]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

looks like a fence post or column fixture?

 

[dieharddigger]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

Looks like part of a door knocker,but I don't see any holes in the side's of the mouth where the ring would be.

 

[allen]

Re: Lead Lion's Face

really neat looking find !!!