Sphinx Candlestick

Wedgwood

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Cast-iron cross pendant with Jesus on the cross, each arm decorated in relief with scrolling motifs, the upper arm terminating in a winged cherub, with the inscription "INRI" above.
Small, round, footed bowl of tan stoneware set on an angle and covered with a rough creamy glaze with streaks of brown, the narrow central well flanked by large, delicate, billowing "flanges" with ruffled edges highlighted in gray that give the bowl the sense of fluttering movement.
At the Peace of Posen on December 11, 1806, Friedrich August joined the Rheinbund, which was founded by Emperor Napoleon of France on July 17, 1806. At the same time, Napoleon made Friedrich August King of Saxony. After the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, at which Friedrich August fought alongside the French and lost, he was captured and imprisoned in Friedrichsfelde near Berlin.
Pair of tall, gilt-bronze candlesticks in the Neo-Byzantine style, each resting on four regal-looking, stylized winged panthers, with square columnar stems decorated with brightly-colored enamel in the cloisonné technique in a pattern of scrolls and leaf motifs, the top and base of the stem with gadrooning highlighted in blue enamel, with four bearded masks at the top of the stem supporting an urn shaped candle nozzle that is likewise decorated with bright enamel in the cloisonné technique and with a band of gadrooning highlighted in blue at the upper edge.