18th/19th C German Cast Iron Lion after the Meissen original by Johann Joachim Kaendler (1706 - 1775) possibly intended to be mounted on an ormolu base with the lioness to form fire-irons; now on a fine pudding-stone base Width of iron 10 1/2 inches (27 cm.). X height of iron 4 3/4 inches (12.3 cm.).