Mount, Gilt bronze, Winged female sphinx facing right with acanthus leaf crown from which springs an ancanthus-like flower, a tall symmetrically leafed and berried stem and a long spiraled leafed stem ending in a rosette. Sphinx's tail is an elongated acanthus leaf ending in a double spiraled stem, each of which terminates in a rosette. Seven screw holes and two small threaded projections under feet for attachment to wood. End broken off center stem projecting from crown., ca. 1805, Decorative Arts, Mount.
Mount, Gilt bronze, Winged female sphinx facing right with acanthus leaf crown from which springs an ancanthus-like flower, a tall symmetrically leafed and berried stem and a long spiraled leafed stem ending in a rosette. Sphinx's tail is an elongated acanthus leaf ending in a double spiraled stem, each of which terminates in a rosette. Seven screw holes and two small threaded projections under feet for attachment to wood. End broken off center stem projecting from crown., ca. 1805, Decorative Arts, Mount