The lions with one paw on a shield are not original to either the US or Europe. Thousands and thousands adorn gateposts on both continents. In fact, I had a pair in front of my Boston fireplace. I found them in Brewster on Cape Cod in an antique shop. Autumn leaves filtered down from a nearby tree and the smell of salt air added to the memory as the dealer pocketed his money. These weren’t white lions, but a steely gray blue.
How well these statues guard a home or a fireplace is debateable, although the Boston house never burned down while they were on duty. Of course, it wasn’t a working fireplace either.
One house on the Route de Notre Dame de La Vie has watch kitties. These felines, just don’t seem to have the same gravitas as the lions.
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