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A PAIR OF PLASTER MODELS OF SPHINXES
Lot 33

A PAIR OF PLASTER MODELS OF SPHINXES

AFTER A DESIGN BY ROBERT ADAM, PROBABLY CAST FROM 'COADE STONE' ORIGINALS, MODERN

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 10,625

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A PAIR OF PLASTER MODELS OF SPHINXES
AFTER A DESIGN BY ROBERT ADAM, PROBABLY CAST FROM 'COADE STONE' ORIGINALS, MODERN
One: 31½ in. (80 cm.); 41½ in. (106 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40 cm.) deep
The other: 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 38 in. (97 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

Robert Adam's designs for 'Grecian Sphinxes' were employed by leading manufacturers of the late 18th century such as Eleanor Coade and Josiah Wedgewood. A pair of Coade sphinxes of apparently identical design to those here offered were supplied for Gosford House, Scotland circa 1790.