American “Golden Age” Carousel Lions, ca. 1880s-1929

Hand-Carved by the Masters; Looff, Dentzel, Muller, Illions, Carmel, E. Joy Morris and PTC, Herschell-Spillman and even Dare.

Gustav and William Dentzel lions

Charles I. D. Looff lions

Daniel  C. Muller lions

E. Joy Morris – PTC lions

Charles Carmel lions

M. C. Illions lions

Herschell-Spillman lions

Charles Dare and European lions

We’d love to hear from you if you have thoughts on the unidentified European carousel lions.

Also,

Are we missing a lion?

If you have a photo of a historic carousel lion you would like to share and add to the pride, we’d love to hear from you. Email your comments of photos to Roland at antiquecarousels@gmail.com.

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