Sorry, I've been unable to post for a while (thank you Jim for helping to sort it out).
I just wanted to concur that these blades turn up regularly in saif mounts and are identical in terms of floral pattern, lion and numbers (although numbers differ). So I think it is a fair bet that this is something similar to the late 19C shipment mentioned by Jim above.
Wrt to the lion - this is so similar that I would be surprised if these are made by multiple producers, but that the position was perhaps not considered critical, as long as it was there.
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