Pair of French Louis XVI Limestone Sphinx Garden Statues collection_ironwork gadrooned border with foliate blocks

gadrooned border with foliate blocks at the corners

fireplace chimney features a shaped mantel surmounting a frieze that displays a small shell at the center with small reserves on the sides

The original stand was imaginatively designed with a scalloped apron with carved details and bold

The double doors on top have mirror fronts and open to two shelves with gallery fronts

Pair of French Louis XVI Limestone Sphinx Garden Statues collection_ironwork gadrooned border with foliate blocksDETAILS Designed as entrance guardian monuments, this pair of antique mythical sphinxes statuary display the head, face and bust of a neoclassical woman and the body of a recumbent lion figures on a rectangular stone plinth. STYLE Louis XVI PLACE OF ORIGIN France Europe PERIOD Louis XVI (1774 92) DATE Late 18th century DIMENSIONS (2) Width 15 Depth 48 Height 28. 5 inches CONDITION Note: the base of one displays a restored crack.