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Jimmy Nelson - VIII 477 // VIII Maasai, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
had taken over almost all of the land in the Rift Valley. “Lions can run faster than us, but we can
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VIII 991 // VIII Maasai, Photography 2018, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
of the land in the Rift Valley. “Lions can run faster than us, but we can run farther” The Maasai’s
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VIII 452A // VIII Maasai, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
journey, they had taken over almost all of the land in the Rift Valley. “Lions can run faster than us
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VIII 461 // VIII Maasai, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
journey, they had taken over almost all of the land in the Rift Valley. “Lions can run faster than us
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VIII 450 // VIII Maasai, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
. By the end of their journey, they had taken over almost all of the land in the Rift Valley. “Lions
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VIII 449 // VIII Maasai, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
journey, they had taken over almost all of the land in the Rift Valley. “Lions can run faster than us
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Jimmy Nelson - VIII 462// VIII Maasai, Photography 2010, Printed After
By Jimmy Nelson
Located in Greenwich, CT
. “Lions can run faster than us, but we can run farther” The Maasai’s entire way of life has historically
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital Pigment

Tawny Lion
By Wendy Klemperer
Located in Denver, CO
-welding the pre-existing curves into sculptural form. Wendy Klemperer lives in Brooklyn, NY and Nelson, NH
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin

Tawny Lion
Tawny Lion
H 8 in W 20 in D 5 in
Regency Prattware Pearlware Pottery Plaque of Lions
Located in Downingtown, PA
The Prattware pearlware plaque is relief-mouded with two recumbent lions and painted in under glaze
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Pottery

Materials

Pearlware, Pottery

Italian Carved Wood and Painted Reclining Lion
Located in Essex, MA
With a green bronzed reclining lion with gold leaf mane seated on a faux marble base. Estate of Los
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century European Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

English Pottery Model of Whieldon Creamware Tortoise-Shell Seated Lion
By Thomas Whieldon Pottery
Located in Downingtown, PA
English pottery model of a lion, Whieldon-type creamware tortoise-shell glaze, circa 1765-1785 The
Category

Antique 1860s Georgian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Creamware, Pottery

Chamberlains Worcester Porcelain Dish, Nelson or Fine Old Japan pattern, ca 1805
By Chamberlains Worcester
Located in London, GB
bears the Fine Old Japan pattern, often called the Nelson pattern. Robert Chamberlain started out
Category

Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Serving Bowls

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Pair French Retour D'egypt Terracotta Lions Sculptures Statues Los Angeles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rare Pair French Retour D'egypt Terracotta Lions Sculptures Statues Los Angeles , Exceptional fine
Category

Antique Late 18th Century French Statues

Materials

Terracotta

Set of Four 19th Century Regency Carved Ebonized & Gilt Lions Head Wall Lights
Located in Southall, GB
lions are stand guard at the base of Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. If you walk past Number 10
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Wall Lights and Sconces

Materials

Giltwood

Hand Painted Prattware Plaque Showing a Pair of Lions, Made England, circa 1800
Located in Katonah, NY
Provenance: The Rouse Lench Collection A pair of lions resting comfortably on a Prattware plaque
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Country Decorative Art

Materials

Earthenware

circa 1845 C Hindley & Sons Lion Carved Chesterfield Brown Leather Dining Chairs
By Chesterfield, Charles Hindley & Sons
Located in GB
is so sublime they warranted the treatment, I have never seen such beautiful Lion’s mains and
Category

Antique 1840s English Early Victorian Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Mafia Boss Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo in Front of Big Lion, Chicago 1959
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
Nelson Algren was to American writing: that rare and absolutely necessary citizen who’s blessed with a
Category

1950s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Antique Sir Edwin Landseer The Twa Dogs Collie Newfoundland Engraving 18"
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Dayton, OH
– particularly horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures at the base of
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Antique 1877 Sir Edwin Landseer Highland Bagpipe Music Scottish Dog Engraving
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Dayton, OH
horses, dogs, and stags. However, his best-known works are the lion sculptures at the base of Nelson
Category

Antique 1870s Victorian Prints

Materials

Paper

Goldsborough Hall Wine Cooler
Located in Banbury, GB
, attributed to Sefferin Nelson, circa 1772-4. The rim with carved and gilded entrelac border, the body with
Category

2010s English Wine Coolers

Materials

Gesso, Mahogany

Goldsborough Hall Wine Cooler
Goldsborough Hall Wine Cooler
H 19.3 in W 25.6 in D 16.97 in
Midshipman Proctor’s Sword for Valour at the Battle of Copenhagen
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
and gilt mounts in the form of a lion’s head and mane. The grip is mounted with an oval silver plaque
Category

Antique Early 1800s English Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Silver, Steel

Goldsborough Hall Wine Cooler
By Jonathan Sainsbury
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
, attributed to Sefferin Nelson, circa 1772-4. The rim with carved and gilded entrelac border, the body with
Category

Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Wine Coolers

Materials

Brass

 Goldsborough Hall Wine Cooler
H 19.3 in W 25.6 in D 16.97 in
Pair of Mid-Century French Charles X Marble Top and Elm Three-Drawer Nightstands
Located in Dallas, TX
drawers across the front dressed with lion head brass pulls, over an open niche with a curved bottom shelf
Category

Mid-20th Century French Charles X Night Stands

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Paul Storr Silver Tea Urn
By Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, Paul Storr
Located in New Orleans, LA
equipped with a carved handle, lion's head spigot and spectacular lion's paw supports. The piece bears the
Category

Antique 19th Century English Georgian Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Trafalgar Square Taylor
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
front of the St Martin-in-the-Fields church and people walking along the square by the statues, Nelson
Category

Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

The Duke of Wellington after the Lawrence Gahagan commission for Stratfield Saye
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
. He is portrayed wearing Roman leather armour, the breastplate with a central lion’s mask radiating
Category

Antique 1810s European Busts

Materials

Bronze

Thor
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
heartbreaking reality. Astonishingly, it was also the day, that Nelson Mandela - the lion of Africa passed away
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Thor
Thor
H 55 in W 48 in
English Silver Engraved Decanter Widdowson & Veale
By Alexander MacRae
Located in Newark, England
Macrae), Lion passant (sterling silver), Leopard Head town mark for London, Date letter R (1872) and the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Pitchers

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

English Silver Engraved Decanter Widdowson & Veale
English Silver Engraved Decanter Widdowson & Veale
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H 12.99 in W 5.12 in D 4.92 in
The Royal Squadron Schooner Prize won by Miranda, 1877
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
. The central field has a continuous band with bearded Bacchic heads floating above a lion’s mask and
Category

Antique 1880s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia

Materials

Silver

Antique Georgian Lovers Eye Diamond Ring Signed Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Kendal, GB
lion sculptures which sit at the base of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. The miniature is
Category

Antique 1830s European Georgian Cluster Rings

Materials

Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

A framed plaster portrait plaque of the Glasgow Reformist MP James Oswald, signe
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
bronze lions at the foot of Nelson’s column which he designed in conjunction with Sir Edwin Landseer
Category

Antique 1840s Decorative Art

Materials

Plaster

Sin City - Supermodel Cindy Crawford Walking in the desert, Joshua Tree
By David Yarrow
Located in Vienna, AT
abandoned Ford pick-up truck certainly takes us back in time and the Willie Nelson T-Shirt homes in on an
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Monograph: Working Conditions (Hand signed by Hans Haacke)
Located in New York, NY
-known works are MoMA-Poll (1970), which polled museumgoers on their opinions about Nelson Rockefeller
Category

2010s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Rare and Important Pair of Dutch Colonial Carved Side Chairs
Located in Bridgeport, CT
. The barley twist side supports with carved flowers at intervals and standing lions holding shields as
Category

Antique 19th Century Dutch Colonial Side Chairs

Materials

Ebony

Her Majesty’s Vase: A horse racing trophy by John Samuel Hunt
By John Samuel Hunt
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Bacchic heads floating above a lion’s mask and pelt. The applied handles comprise gnarled twisted vine
Category

Antique 1840s English Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Silver

Fine Presentation Sword Given to Lieutenant Charles Peake
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
foliate scrolls; the gilt copper stirrup hilt with lion’s head pommel, triangular langets with swagged and
Category

Antique 1820s English Arms, Armor and Weapons

Materials

Metal

Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Trafalgar Square Taylor
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
front of the St Martin-in-the-Fields church and people walking along the square by the statues, Nelson
Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Green Bay Packer Bart Starr vs Detroit Lions Roger Brown, 1962 (vintage)
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
and the Detroit Lions. Famed GB quarterback No. 15, Bart Starr is carrying the ball while Lions No
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Spode "Lord Nelson" Jar & Cover with Lions' Heads, c. 1810
By Spode
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spode Jar and Cover, expertly painted in the "Lord Nelson" variation of the prevelant Imari style
Category

Antique 19th Century English Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Big Bronze Lions Lion Cat Statues Landseer Gatekeepers Medici
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
type of lions by Edwin Landseer as found at the bottom of Nelson's column in London's Trafalgar Square
Category

Early 2000s Animal Sculptures

A Bateman Lord Nelson Battle of Trafalgar Silver Tankard 1805-1820
Located in Palm City, FL
George IV Commemorative Silver Tankard Memorializing Over 200 Years of Lord Nelson's Trafalgar
Category

Antique 19th Century British Sterling Silver

George III Commemorative Silver Vinaigrette, Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, 1809
By Westwood Nicholls & Co.
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
of Lord Nelson. The cast and pierced silver gilt grille depicting Britannia, a lion couchant at her
Category

Antique Early 1800s English George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Large English Regency Carved Giltwood and Ebonized Convex Mirror, circa 1810
Located in New York, NY
, above a centrally mounted 3/4 relief carved ebonized lion head framed by shaped gilt acanthus leaf
Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Convex Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Mr Plumber's Dog by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802-1873
Located in Redhill, GB
resulted in the huge stone lions at the base of Nelsons column in Trafalgar Square. He painted exceptional
Category

Early 19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Stone Lion
Located in Folkestone, GB
A large scale mid 20th century reconstituted stone model of a recumbent lion after the originals by
Category

20th Century European Garden Ornaments

Materials

Cast Stone

Large Stone Lion
Large Stone Lion
H 22 in W 47 in D 14 in
Nelson's Column Silver Plate Épergne
Located in New Orleans, LA
Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London. Almost certainly crafted for an admirer of naval hero Vice
Category

English Centerpieces

Materials

Silver Plate

Pair of Imari Vases Coalport Admiral Nelson Pattern
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Coalport "Admiral Nelson" pattern: a whimsical pink spotted lion (see image # 4). This lion first appeared
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Great Britain (UK) Regency Vases

Materials

Porcelain

A Pair of Coalport "Nelson" Pattern Wine Coolers
Located in Katonah, NY
lion and turquoise waterbirds are the subtle distinguishing characteristics of the Coalport "Nelson
Category

Antique 19th Century English Wine Coolers

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Imari Sauce Tureen in the "Admiral Nelson" Pattern
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Decorated with cobalt blue and iron red in the richly gilded "Admiral Nelson" pattern. The tureen
Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Soup Tureens

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Admiral Nelson Shell Shaped Dishes, England, circa 1810
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Why We Love It: The intensity of the Imari colors and the wonderful pink spotted lion. This pair
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Armorial Antique Porcelain Imari Dish Coalport "Admiral Nelson" Pattern
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Nelson" pattern. A whimsical pink lion and turquoise water birds in the border are the distinguishing
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Antique Imari Porcelain Dishes Coalport "Admiral Nelson" Pattern
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
A pair of Coalport square dishes decorated in the richly gilded "Admiral Nelson" pattern. Hand
Category

Antique 1810s English Chinoiserie Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Coalport Admiral Nelson Square Dishes England, circa 1810
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Why we love it: The intensity of the Imari colors and the wonderful pink spotted lion. This pair
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Porcelain Centerpiece in Coalport's Admiral Nelson Pattern England, Circa 1810
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
This beautiful Coalport Admiral Nelson pattern centerpiece was hand-painted in England during the
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Centerpieces

Materials

Porcelain

Walnut Dresser with Sled Base by Red Lion
Located in Danville, CA
Fine Modern Figured Walnut Dresser raised on a sculpted sled base by the esteemed Red Lion
Category

Vintage 1950s American Modern Dressers

Materials

Walnut

Coalport Imari Porcelain Part Dinner Service in "Admiral Nelson" Pattern
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
The Coalport "Admiral Nelson" pattern is a wonderful English Regency Period Imari pattern with
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

English Felspathic Pottery Jug, Admiral Nelson and Victory, circa 1805
By Castleford Pottery
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
jug, sprigged with well-defined reliefs, Nelson depicted riding in Neptune’s sea horse drawn chariot
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English George IV Ceramics

Materials

Pottery

Antique Porcelain Imari Platters in the Coalport "Admiral Nelson" Pattern
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
, iron red and richly gilded these platters each have the whimsical pink lion and turquoise water birds
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Neoclassical Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

Coalport Porcelain Teapot Stand Hand-Painted Admiral Nelson Pattern circa 1810
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Why we love it: The intensity of the Imari colors and the fabulous pink spotted lion. This
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Hand-Painted Imari Porcelain Admiral Nelson Pattern Dish England C-1810
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Katonah, NY
Why we love it: The intensity of the Imari colors and the fabulous pink spotted lion. This shell
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

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