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Grecian Sphinx
Wedgwood
(Factory)
After
Adam, Robert
(Designer)
Black basalt, moulded. The sphinx crouches on a rectangular pedestal, with its forepaws extended at the front, and its tail curled over its hind quarters. It wears a semi-circular headdress, a bodice, and a saddle blanket, which falls down onto the base. Underneath there is a large circular hole surrounded by four small holes, with a medium-sized hole to the right.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 23 cm
Length: 31.8 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1912)
by
Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Neoclassical
After
1800
CE
-
Before
1900
CE
Wedgwood's sphinxes were modelled during the autumn of 1769 (see Wedgwood MS E.25 18289), and both the Egyptian and Grecian types were listed in the 1773 Wedgwood & Bentley Catalogue, the latter in two sizes, of which this is the larger size. They are also mentioned in the 1779 Wedgwood & Bentley Catalogue. See Documentation.
Moulding : Black basalt, moulded
Inscription present: in brown
Accession number: MAR.C.8-1912
Primary reference Number: 11167
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: GR.9b.1928
Accession Number: ANE.26.1975
Accession Number: GR.96.1937
Accession Number: GR.18.1850
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