Löwe als Schildhalter mit Zürcher Wappen

A monumental lion by Eggenschwyler was presented at the trade exhibition on Bellevue in 1894 in order to initiate the installation of Zurich's heraldic animal in a central location. The donors of larger contributions to its realisation received a cast of the model; Hermann Stadler, who built the Corso Theatre at Bellevue a little later, was a member of the central committee of the trade exhibition. In 1895, the city council decided to place the lion on a four-metre-high pedestal on the southern embankment head of the Enge harbour, where it is still located (source-based information by Roman Schönauer). Source