A pair of Flight Barr and Barr sphinx candlesticks c.1805

A pair of Flight Barr and Barr sphinx candlesticks c.1805, the rectangular forms finely painted with panels of flowers between capital columns, the reverse gilded with a winged figure, each surmounted with a sconce resting on the back of a recumbent sphinx, 16.5cm high. (2)

Cf. Sotheby's, June 1987, lot 446 for a similar pair with shell decoration.