Thought I’d do a group shot of Victorian pressed glass sphinxes as I recently managed to win a Derbyshire Sphinx for my father. I’ve been after one since joining the group.
The large black one at the front is from Molineaux and Webb 1874 ish with faint lozenge.
The black one on the left is a John Derbyshire winged Sphinx from 1876 with lozenge it’s the same one that is shown in the korrespondenz article earlier in the thread. Previously owned by Raymond Slack and Cyril Manley, my folks used to meet up with R Slack at the glass fairs many years ago so that’s nice.
The frosted winged Sphinx at the rear is from Val St Lambert 1913.
The 3 on the right are possibly all from St Louis in France. The large one at the rear is signed St Louis Depose, the middle size blue slag one is unmarked and the smaller one is also unmarked. I’ve seen the smaller ones on a black plinth. The V and A museum has a slag glass Sphinx incorrectly attributed as Sowerby. I did notify them but they didn’t change their attribution. Cheers Mike.