A Pair of c.1800 Painted & Gilded Lead Mounts in the Form of Rams Heads sub-Religion & Relics and remnants of chalk numbering

and remnants of chalk numbering

There are some sections of loss to the gesso and giltwood carved elements

One top corner pediment has had some repair work to it

A worthy work by a more than capable hand

function and beauty meet

A Pair of c.1800 Painted & Gilded Lead Mounts in the Form of Rams Heads sub-Religion & Relics and remnants of chalk numberingOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1790 1820 Width: 4. 75 Height: 4 Depth: 2. 75 (each) The attractive cast lead bosses or mounts each as horned rams heads, showing a good patination to the lead with remnants of paint and gilding, with tether hooks to the mouths, and each surviving from the early part of the nineteenth century. The mounts have very good surfaces and patinas, with one having possibly been re gilded at some