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Bronze Orientalist Figural Floor Jardiniere by Peyre
By Charles Raphaël Peyre
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
adjacent to a planter which is appointed with "sphinx" heads. The piece is generously scaled and nicely
Category

Early 20th Century French Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Bronze

French Empire Style Black Laquered Wood and Carrera Marble Side Tables
Located in New Orleans, LA
neoclassical style featuring sphinx heads and animal paws.
Category

Vintage 1940s French Empire Side Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Brass

Highly Decorative Early 20th Century French Empire Style Mahogany Armchair
Located in Suffolk, GB
carved and painted paterae leading down to carved and painted sphinx heads. The chair is supported by
Category

Early 20th Century French Empire Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

Original Vintage Travel Poster Visit The Arab States Africa Middle East Design
Located in London, GB
Sphinx head in Egypt UAR, the Umayyad Mosque in Syria, domed mosque buildings and towers in Jordan, a
Category

1960s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Rare Terra Cotta Large-Sized Sphinx with Head of Woman, 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rare large-sized Sphinx with head of woman terra cotta 18th century circa 1770. Measures: H 106
Category

Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Busts

Large English Regency Carved Giltwood and Ebonized Convex Mirror, circa 1810
Located in New York, NY
two upturned gilt candle arms with ebonized sphinx heads and turned brass candle holders and bobeches
Category

Antique 1810s English Regency Convex Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Pair Of Sphinxes
Located in Snellegem, BE
Pair of sphinxes with human head and wolf body. Egyptian style terracotta. First half of the
Materials

Terracotta

Pair Of Sphinxes
Pair Of Sphinxes
$6,175 / set
H 29.14 in W 10.24 in D 15.36 in
PAIR CARVED STONE SPHINXES
Located in Woodbury, CT
A FINELY CARVED PAIR OF NATURAL STONE, NOT COMPOSITION, SPHINXES EACH WITH FEMALE HEADS AND
Category

20th Century Unknown Garden Ornaments

PAIR CARVED STONE SPHINXES
PAIR CARVED STONE SPHINXES
$6,500 / set
H 30 in W 46 in D 17 in
Splendid Pair of Candelabras, Gilt-Bronze, Louis XIV Style, France, circa 1880
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
. They are decorated with sphinxes and heads of Aries Extraordinary manufacture.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Candelabras

Materials

Bronze

Pr. Caldwell Silvered Bronze Neoclassical Floor Lamps, ca.1900
By Edward F. Caldwell Co.
Located in New York, NY
WORKMANSHIP EMBELLISHED FIGURAL SPHINXES, RAMS HEADS & NEOCLASSICAL WREATHS,BY E.F.CALDWELL,NY,CA.1900
Category

20th Century American Neoclassical Floor Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Biedermeier Mirror
Located in Vancouver, BC
base. Decorated with carvings of ebonized foliate, sphinx and a lion's head. A rare and unusual example
Category

Antique 19th Century Austrian Biedermeier Floor Mirrors and Full-Length ...

Biedermeier Mirror
Biedermeier Mirror
$8,500
H 55 in W 34 in D 14 in
Fine French Antique Star Sapphire and Diamonds 18 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch, 1860
Located in Antwerp, BE
of inspiration: Mythology and perhaps Freemasonry Theme: A star sapphire guarded by two sphinxes
Category

Antique 19th Century French Romantic Brooches

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, Star Sapphire, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow ...

Pottier and Stymus (Herter Brothers) Egyptian Revival Parolor Sofa
By Pottier Stymus
Located in New York, NY
Egyptian Revival Settee. Gilt incised, ebonized mahogany with bronze dore mounts depicting sphinx
Category

Antique 19th Century American Settees

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Empire Ormolu, Patinated Bronze Five Light Candelabra
By Pierre-Philippe Thomire
Located in London, Middlesex
heads and terminating in Greek key nozzles. The Sphinx was regarded as a symbol of enigmatic wisdom
Category

Antique Early 1800s French Directoire Candelabras

Materials

Bronze

Antique Ebonized Silver Empire Secretary an Abattant from France, 19th Century
Located in Vienna, AT
behind two cabinet doors. On both sides, it is flanked by silver plated bronze sphinx heads and silver
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Secretaires

Materials

Marble, Bronze

19th Century Sphinx Head
Located in Westwood, NJ
An unusual carved wood Sphinx's head.
Category

Antique 19th Century European Neoclassical Busts

19th Century Sphinx Head
19th Century Sphinx Head
$2,200
H 16 in W 12 in D 8 in
Empire Sphinx Head Column Mirror Back Pier Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Empire Mahogany Mirror Back Pier Table w/ Sphinx Head Columns and Brass Mounts.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Console Tables

Empire Sphinx Head Column Mirror Back Pier Table
Empire Sphinx Head Column Mirror Back Pier Table
$14,000
H 37 in W 47.5 in D 19.5 in
A Good Pair of French Empire Armchairs with Sphinx-Head Motifs
Located in San Francisco, CA
A good pair of French empire fruitwood and parcel-gilt armchairs with sphinx-head motifs; each with
Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Armchairs

Materials

Fruitwood

19th Century French Empire Gitwood Heads Sphinxes
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of sphinx heads, French empire era in gilded and polychrome wood, surely they were part of an
Category

Antique Early 19th Century European Empire Busts

Materials

Giltwood

19th Century French Empire Gitwood Heads Sphinxes
19th Century French Empire Gitwood Heads Sphinxes
$1,128
H 6.3 in W 3.15 in D 3.94 in
Diamond Black Onyx Gold Sphinx Bangle Bracelet, Egyptian Revival
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
two yellow gold sphinx heads accentuated with diamonds facing each other and ending a black onyx
Category

Antique Late 19th Century European Art Nouveau Bangles

Materials

Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Early 20th Century Czech Egyptian Revival Sphinx Cachepot
Located in Queens, NY
Early 20th century Czech Egyptian Revival beige porcelain and decorated cachepot with 2 sphinx
Category

Early 20th Century Czech Egyptian Revival Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of 1920 s Sphinx Form Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
to the top of the shades, and 7.5" height to the top of the sphinx heads.
Category

Early 20th Century American Table Lamps

Pair of 1920
s Sphinx Form Lamps
Pair of 1920
s Sphinx Form Lamps
$1,800
H 21.75 in W 5.5 in D 11 in
An Empire Style Mahogany Gueridon Center Table
Located in London, GB
A fine mid 19th century mahogany gueridon mounted with fine Egyptian Sphinx head masks.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Center Tables

An Empire Style Mahogany Gueridon Center Table
An Empire Style Mahogany Gueridon Center Table
$3,946
H 35.04 in W 30.32 in D 30.32 in
Regency Mahogany Chiffonier
Located in Westwood, NJ
, grill doors and sphinx head columns.
Category

Antique 19th Century English Regency Credenzas

Regency Mahogany Chiffonier
Regency Mahogany Chiffonier
$12,500
H 42 in W 42 in D 16 in
French Empire Miniature Commode
Located in Westwood, NJ
A fine French Empire mahogany three-drawer miniature commode with brass oval pulls, sphinx head
Category

Antique 1820s French Empire Decorative Boxes

French Empire Miniature Commode
French Empire Miniature Commode
$4,500
H 21 in W 19 in D 12 in
Antique Regency Gilt Overmantle Mirror
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
Frieze Above Three Sectioned Original Mirror Plate Flanked By Sphinx Head & Feet Columns.
Category

Antique 19th Century English Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Antique Regency Gilt Overmantle Mirror
$4,720
H 27.5 in W 58.5 in D 6 in
Swedish Empire style gueridon
Located in New York, NY
A Swedish Empire style gueridon with four curved legs having sphinx head capitals and carved
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Gueridon

Swedish Empire style gueridon
Swedish Empire style gueridon
$5,800
H 29.5 in Dm 32 in
19th Century French Empire Center Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
surmounted by gilded sphinx-head capitals and terminating in gilded feet; raised on tripartite base with paw
Category

Antique 19th Century French Center Tables

Materials

Marble

French Bronze and Rouge Marble Figural Mantel Clock, 19th Century
Located in Cypress, CA
seated maiden above Roman numeral dial leaning on gilt bronze orb next to Sphinx head, all on Royal Rouge
Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Mantel Clocks

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Antique Victorian Tole Coal Hod Scuttle Box Fireplace Bin Floral Farmhouse
Located in Dayton, OH
flowers, twisted handles, paw feet on the back and Neoclassical / Egyptian Revival sphinx head and feet on
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Metal

Pair of Painted and Parcel Egyptian Revival Armchairs
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
ebonized and gilt winged Sphinx heads, supported by a frame suggesting zebra stripping with legs
Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Egyptian Revival Armchairs

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of Painted and Parcel Egyptian Revival Armchairs
Pair of Painted and Parcel Egyptian Revival Armchairs
$16,500 / set
H 42 in W 27 in D 28 in
19th Century Swedish Console Table
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
later replacements. This piece features carved legs with decorative detailing and sphinx head feature
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Console Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century Swedish Console Table
19th Century Swedish Console Table
$4,218
H 30.32 in W 24.81 in D 16.54 in
Pair of Neoclassical Gilt and Patinated Bronze Cassolettes, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
with gilt bronze leaves and sphinx heads. Minor losses and traces of age.
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Jars

Materials

Bronze

Cast Stone Table
Located in Hudson, NY
egyptian sphinx head border around the rim of the table
Category

20th Century Unknown Center Tables

Materials

Cast Stone

Cast Stone Table
Cast Stone Table
$4,800
H 34.5 in Dm NaN in
Pair of Italian Neoclassical Style Black and Giltwood Pedestals, circa 1940
Located in Houston, TX
sphinx heads and paw feet, circa 1940. These Italian pedestals would work well as a plant stand
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Neoclassical Pedestals

Materials

Wood

Pair of Swedish Bergères
Located in New York, NY
A solid mahogany frame decorated with an inlay of birch processional bunting and sphinx heads, the
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Revival Bergere Chairs

Pair of Swedish Bergères
Pair of Swedish Bergères
$9,500
H 39.75 in W 26.75 in D 28 in
A Good Quality French Empire Mahogany Circular Center Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
gilt-bronze banding; raised on 3 square tapering legs with gilt-bronze sphinx heads and feet; over a
Category

Antique 19th Century French Center Tables

Gustavian Mirror Sconce
Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
features decorative sphinx heads and torcher detailing to the surround. It also features its original
Category

Antique 19th Century Swedish Gustavian Wall Mirrors

Materials

Brass

Gustavian Mirror Sconce
Gustavian Mirror Sconce
$5,307
H 35.04 in W 21.66 in D 0.4 in
19th Century Mahogany and Ormolu Armchair
Located in Martlesham, GB
terminating with larger patraes, the arms supported on superb quality ormolu sphinx head mounts, the chair
Category

Antique 19th Century French Empire Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century Mahogany and Ormolu Armchair
19th Century Mahogany and Ormolu Armchair
$2,653
H 38 in W 25 in D 21 in
Antique Mahogany Neoclassical Style Bookcase
Located in London, GB
sphinx heads & feet. It’s also polished inside & sits on a plinth base. This is a very smart bookcase
Category

Vintage 1950s English Regency Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Mahogany Armchairs, Directoir Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
and saber back legs. A blackened wood sphinx head with an Egyptian klaft headdress adorned the armrest
Category

Antique 1790s French Directoire Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Mahogany Armchairs, Directoir Period
Pair of Mahogany Armchairs, Directoir Period
$12,114 / set
H 37.8 in W 23.63 in D 21.26 in
Pair of Antique Mahogany Open Bookcases
Located in London, GB
dating from around the 1910 period. They have gilt bronze mounts with Sphinx heads and feet on the reeded
Category

Vintage 1910s English Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany, Giltwood

Pair of Antique Mahogany Open Bookcases
Pair of Antique Mahogany Open Bookcases
$2,517
H 37.8 in W 26.38 in D 9.85 in
Antique Neo Classical Style Open Bookcase
Located in London, GB
mounts across the top section and four reeded uprights with bronze sphinx heads and feet. It is polished
Category

Vintage 1930s British Neoclassical Bookcases

Materials

Bronze

Antique Neo Classical Style Open Bookcase
Antique Neo Classical Style Open Bookcase
$2,707
H 30.32 in W 55.12 in D 11.82 in
Antique French Empire Marble Top Cabinet c.1880
Located in London, GB
the half columns there are a pair of wonderful gilt bronze Sphinxes head mounts. It has three
Category

Antique 19th Century French Cabinets

Antique French Empire Marble Top Cabinet c.1880
Antique French Empire Marble Top Cabinet c.1880
$8,800
H 35.04 in W 51.97 in D 20.48 in
19th Century French Mahogany Bookcase
Located in Martlesham, GB
centre, the columns either side of the doors decorated with sphinx heads, the rest of the bookcase having
Category

Antique 1890s Bookcases

Materials

Mahogany

19th Century French Mahogany Bookcase
19th Century French Mahogany Bookcase
$4,422
H 70.75 in W 78 in D 19 in
French Empire Revival Burr Walnut Kidney Desk Bronze Sphinx Mounts and Malachite
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
bronze mounts, there are Sphinx heads, sideways facing solider heads, French laurel reefs, dancing ladies
Category

20th Century French French Provincial Desks

Materials

Bronze

Antique Rosewood Marble-Top Sideboard Cabinet
Located in London, GB
mounts, including the Sphinx heads on the sides and the lions drinking out of the urn. It’s rosewood all
Category

Vintage 1920s French Louis XVI Sideboards

Materials

Rosewood

Important Neopolitan Empire Giltwood Fauteuil, Italy, circa 1810
Located in Kinderhook, NY
carved honey-suckle and flower border joining padded arms with Egyptian sphinx-head terminals above arm
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Armchairs

Materials

Giltwood

Italian Empire Cherrywood and Giltwood Centre Table with Dark Green Marble Top
Located in Firenze, IT
outlines decorated with hand-carved giltwood sphinx heads and feet. A bookmarked cherrywood-veneered curved
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Italian Empire Center Tables

Materials

Marble

Important Crystal Goblet Attributed to Baccarat
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in PARIS, FR
gilt bronze mount with handles in the shape of sphinx heads finishing in foliate scrolls. The famous
Category

Antique 1880s French Napoleon III Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Important Crystal Goblet Attributed to Baccarat
Important Crystal Goblet Attributed to Baccarat
$26,129
H 15.36 in W 20.87 in D 11.42 in
pr of terracotta 19th female headed sphinxs.
Located in Dallas, TX
pr of beautiful 19th terracotta female sphinxs. They are in the recumbant position and great size
Category

Antique 19th Century French Statues

Materials

Terracotta

Double Headed Stone Sphinx, England mid 20th Century
Located in South Salem, NY
This double-sided Greek-inspired sphinx, crafted in the mid-20th century in England in the Georgian
Category

Mid-20th Century English Garden Ornaments

Materials

Concrete

Pair of 19th Century Gilt Bronze-Mounted Moroccan Leathered Armchairs
By Maison Lalande
Located in Benington, Herts
sphinx head terminals, enclosing a bow fronted loose feather cushion seat, raised on square tapering legs
Category

Antique 19th Century French Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

Head of the Colossal Sphinx (of Giza) /// Luigi Mayer Ancient Egyptian Landscape
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Luigi Mayer (Italian, 1755-1803) Title: "Head of the Colossal Sphinx (of Giza
Category

Early 1800s Old Masters Landscape Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Aquatint

Glazed Terracotta Sphinx Sculptures a Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of glazed sphinxes with figural heads. Red and white grackle glaze over white terracotta
Category

Late 20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Glazed Terracotta Sphinx Sculptures a Pair
Glazed Terracotta Sphinx Sculptures a Pair
$2,400 / set
H 11 in W 24 in D 11 in
Reeded Accent Table with Sphinx Capital Legs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
top, raised on four spiral column legs headed by Sphinx capitals, on square base with concave sides.
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Side Tables

Materials

Wood

Pair of Exceptional Italian Sphinx Limestone Statues
Located in Rome, IT
Designed as entrance guardians, this pair of mythical lady sphinx statuary display the head and
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Neoclassical Statues

Materials

Limestone

Pair of Exceptional Italian Sphinx Limestone Statues
Pair of Exceptional Italian Sphinx Limestone Statues
$26,129
H 57.09 in W 59.06 in L 57.09 in
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Sphinx Head For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the sphinx head you’re looking for. Frequently made of metal, wood and stone, every sphinx head was constructed with great care. There are 292 variations of the antique or vintage sphinx head you’re looking for, while we also have 4 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer sphinx head, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A sphinx head, designed in the Empire, neoclassical or Regency style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Wedgwood, Stephen Smith and Doulton Lambeth each produced at least one beautiful sphinx head that is worth considering.

How Much is a Sphinx Head?

Prices for a sphinx head can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $238 and can go as high as $186,117, while the average can fetch as much as $5,470.