Lot 170
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A LARGE STONEWARE MODEL OF A SPHINX
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A LARGE STONEWARE MODEL OF A SPHINX

BY THOMASON, CUDWORTH, LATE 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF COADE

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A LARGE STONEWARE MODEL OF A SPHINX
BY THOMASON, CUDWORTH, LATE 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF COADE
Formed in two elements, with impressed stamp THOMASON, CUDWORTH/DLXXXV
42½in. (108cm.) high; 33¾in. (85.8cm.) wide; 71in. (180.3cm.) long
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Lot Essay

Two 'sphynx' are listed in the 1784 ..Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory, Section I, Statues, No.s 55 and 58. The present model is possibly No.58.
A pair of sphinxes by Coade, of the present model, dated 1840, from Kyneton House, Bristol sold Sotheby's, London 4 June 1999, lot 155.

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