Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2519BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 01, 2010 6:00PM
Description:
Pair of Wedgwood Majolica Sphinx Candlesticks, England, c. 1867, each polychrome decorated and modeled seated on a raised rectangular base, impressed mark, ht. 10 1/8 in.
Literature: Illustrated in Majolica by N. Dawes, figure 43.
Estimate $1,200-1,800
Each missing candle nozzle. One with large hairline to the top of the base. One with chips restored to base corners.