A Splendid Group of Eight Framed Early 19thC Anatomical Copper Plate Engravings; The New Cyclopaedia, London c.1802-08 sub-Decorative Objects Half models or full door

Half models or full door porter lions like this one were rather popular for large country houses

Something as striking and dramatically designed as this certainly fits well with set design and of the set itself and it is a very filmic piece

both hand-painted in black over fiery burnished gold banners with frosted necks and surviving from the third quarter of the nineteenth century

used since the Qin dynasty

A Splendid Group of Eight Framed Early 19thC Anatomical Copper Plate Engravings; The New Cyclopaedia, London c.1802-08 sub-Decorative Objects Half models or full doorOrigin: English Period: Regency Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1802 08 In Frames: 13. 75 wide x 17. 75 high each The Plates: 8. 5 wide x 11 high each In portrait form, the framed and glazed single copper engraved plates, each numbered and annotated, and taken from A The New Cyclopaedia, London 1802 1820, engraved by Thomas Miton, depicting various muscle and bone groups of the human anatomy and surviving from Regency period England. There is some