A PAIR OF BROWN AND WHITE-PAINTED SPHINX TERMINALS

19TH 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF BROWN AND WHITE-PAINTED SPHINX TERMINALS
19th 20th Century
Each modelled symmetrically, both with one side flattened
18 in. (47 cm.) high; 35 in. (89 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

Sir William Chambers (d. 1796), Architect to King George III, illustrated a sketch of a sphinx, in his 'Franco-Italian' Sketch Book, p. 49, currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum, (N. Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Mathew Boulton, London, 1974, pl. 98).

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