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  artisans to give you eye-catching decor.   When you hold these lions, you are not just holding replicas, but a piece of art and ancient history as unique as the lions on the Bridge.   They're made of the highest quality genuine Carrara marble from Carrara, Italy same as the lions on the bridge, giving you timeless art pieces for your home.   Michelangelo used Carrara marble for many of his masterpieces, including the beautiful Pieta and the statue of David.   Heirloom Quality Will be as beautiful decades from now as the day they arrive at your door. Made in Staffordshire, England   Each lion is 6" L x 3 1/2" W x 6" H with the hefty weight of over 2.5 lbs each.   There are tiny pads on the bottoms to protect your furniture.   Find out why our customers keep coming back for more and why they keep sending their friends to us. Called “New York’s most lovable public sculpture” by architecture critic Paul Goldberger, the Lions have witnessed countless parades and been adorned with holly wreaths during the winter holidays and magnificent floral wreaths in springtime. They have been bedecked in top hats, graduation caps, Mets and Yankee caps, and more. They have been photographed alongside countless tourists, replicated as bookends, caricatured in cartoons, and illustrated in numerous children’s books. One even served as the hiding place for the cowardly lion in the motion picture The Wiz.   According to Henry Hope Reed in his book, The New York Public Library, about the architecture of  the Fifth Avenue building, the sculptor Edward Clark Potter obtained the commission for the lions on the recommendation of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America's foremost sculptors. Potter was paid $8,000 for the modeling, and the Piccirilli Brothers executed the carving for $5,000, using pink Tennessee marble. After enduring almost a century of weather and pollution, in 2004 the lions were professionally cleaned and restored.