Mount
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1805
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1907-1-250-a/e
objectType: label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Mount
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gilt bronze
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (c): 45 x 21.5 cm (17 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (d): 26.3 x 14 cm (10 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)