A St Louis French glass Sphinx paperweight

A rare French Saint Louis Egyptian Revival frosted glass paperweight in the form of a Sphinx,
circa 1876-8, with moulded factory mark,
12.5cm high

Purportedly, Saint Louis exhibited a similar sphinx model at the 1876 World's Fair Centennial Exhibition. A limited number of these were then manufactured for a brief period of time in a few size and colour variations.

Condition Report

The back right edges has a sizeable chip, there are also a couple of further small chips/nicks to the underside - though not disfiguring. Section to the top of the sphinx's back is broken, was perhaps once a candlestick. Two cracks visible to the body.

Please see the images for closer views of all of the damage.

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