I am listing a wonderful "Vtg. 800 Silver Firenze Figural Lion Symbol of Florence Wine Bottle Stopper."  This stopper is marked 800 on the top.  It measures approximately 4 1/4" by 1".  This vintage figural wine bottle stopper shows some wear in the form of  a cracked or split cork.  Please see photos.

Since the medieval period, the lion has been the animal symbol of Fiorenza (medieval Florence).
The lion, representing the Republic of Florence, became known as the Marzocco. The origin of the name is believed to derive from Martocus – or little Marte or Mars, referring to the god of War. When the statue of Mars, at the foot of the ponte vecchio bridge, washed away with the bridge in the 1333 flood, it was replaced by a lion sculpture which the citizens called little Mars.

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