Carved Wood Armorial Crests / Bears or Wolves

carved, painted, and gilded wood armorial crests / carvings, great faces, lots of personality, great teeth ''out of a ducal coronet or, a bear's head, ppr.'' perhaps having to do with the Family Brereton (we believe them to be bears, not wolves, because of their smaller rounded ears and their up turned noses / snouts) wolves are typically depicted with larger more pointed ears and noses England, 18th century    some losses / as found    MEASUREMENTS    15.5'' H x 11'' diameter   an almost identical pair sold at Christie's Paris, 22 September 2020 Sale 18932, Lot 38 Rare Pair of Wolf Heads in Carved Wood and Painted Polychrome, Italy, probably 18th century Collections: From the Villa Les Cèdres in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, from the collections of HRH Princess Murat, from the estate of Madame Françoise Heftler and from the Henri Klinger Collections Origin: Acquired from the Sylvain Levy-Alban Gallery, Paris, October 14, 2006