Griffin Head

Pair of Very Important Empire Consulate Mahogany Chairs Griffin Heads & Paw Feet. Unique pair

Grotesque Mask (Griffin Head)
Central Italy, 16th century
Carved stone
20 × 29 × 21 cm (excluding

foliated with Griffins Heads, Antiqued Brass Nail Head Trim Around the Seat. The Rounded Tapering Legs

griffin’s head, gives the piece a majestic and distinctive character. The elegant silhouette rests on a

-Footed Vases, with Mythical Beast/Dragon Heads Each vase is formed with a flared trumpet body rising

A handsome curved carved walnut bench having marvelous Griffin heads on the side handles and animal

An elegant antique Regency style cast iron fire grate decorated with griffin heads and feet, dating

. It features a carved gilded pagoda / umbrella over two griffin heads emerging from a twisted

A pair of late 19th century ebonized tripod vase stands, carved with Griffins heads and floral

butterfly. Colorful enamel on clear satin textured glass. Bronze handles with griffin heads. White marble

griffin sits upon an ormolu plate. The patinated bronze griffin beautifully modeled, sits with head raised

cord uprights terminating in finely cast griffin heads, with aquiline feet , elegant, symbolic

front feet. Expected wear to Griffin heads and some older stable crack to arm. Slight losses to gilt

with bronze details like flowers, leaves, swans, and griffin heads. Each sconce has two arms and each

griffin heads. The central tier retains its original impressive and extremely decorative etched Baccarat

coffee in the neoclassical taste featuring a classic urn form body with a sphinx knop lid, griffin headed

Revival motifs with stylized foliage, quatrefoils, and decorative details, complemented by small griffin

. At the center, the arms scroll upwards leading to finely detailed griffin heads centering the

double griffins head Crest. The bowl stands on three detailed crossed timpani drumsticks, raised on a

having 'barrel-back' with ebonized double bellflower borders continuing down sloping arms with griffin

shaft the whole rests on griffin-headed paw feet set on a conforming plinth with a decorative border

sculpture of the chimera with spread wings and a long neck and griffin head, on whose head is a sphere

out of a coronet a griffin's head, all above the monogram initial 'W'. The anterior surface of each

, the central cage is supported by finely modeled griffin heads, their classical form lending strength

and handsome richly chased lion's heads at each side with berried laurel wreaths in their mouths. The

sconce features a dramatic eagle or griffin head motif, a hallmark of Empire symbolism representing

griffin’s head erased holding a key — a powerful symbol often associated with guardianship, strength, and

candelabras with all seven arms connected to the central fut by a grouping of Griffin heads. The foliate

the contemporary engraved crest of griffin's head erased and collared by a coronet. The interior of

the eye is the central lion-griffin head, flocked on either side by grapevines, that adorns the top of

coat of arms depicting party per chevron, two griffin's heads erased.The coat of arms is surmounted

coupled with a motto below a griffin's head erased. The box is fitted with a plain hallmarked hinged

Magnificent English bronze and bevelled glass lantern having wonderful details such as lion heads

the eye is the central lion-griffin head, flocked on either side by grapevines, that adorns the top of

gilded griffin crests with scrolled arm supports ending in gilt carved griffin heads. The seats have been

starts on the front and is adorned at the base by a bearded mask in relief and terminates in a griffin

of gilt griffin heads, mythological beasts rendered with hooked beaks, curling tongues, and feathered

, on the front, there is a long spout which ends in a griffin's head and has at its base the head in

of arms depicting firstly a fesse compony counte-compony, between three griffins' heads erased, and

where three light arms extend in an arc, one ending in a volute and the other in a griffin’s head

like griffins or dragons, a mans head, pillared columns and so on, there chairs really are a tour de

down into the garland’s terminal forms. The head of each griffin extends outward from the vase wall

Above Cabriole Legs Headed Wing Griffins

raised panel religious carving to center, relief carved soldier head, griffin faces and leafy scrollwork

. Above each scrolled carving on the bottom corners are the heads of griffins with winged ears. The mid

the heads of griffins with winged ears. The mid section of both sides have attractive scrolls with

original speckled mercury glass plate, the base with griffin or dragon headed scrolls, the whole retaining

depicts a heraldic design of a griffin, lion boars head, and a shield with a spread eagle surmounted by a

depicts a heraldic design of a griffin, lion boars head, and a shield with a spread eagle surmounted by a

are interlinked with chains and slender bodies and heads of griffins. These are similarly chained to a

lion's head / griffin grotesques, having an upholstered seat cushion adorned with nail head trim, rising

Klismos form, the rectangular armrests with foliated decorations rest on the head of two griffin-form with

drives her moon chariot across the heavens. In the centre, Pan's head and griffins sit in an arabesque

three-headed Winged Griffins, the central bronze ball in a deep-cobalt-blue enamel with fleur de lys

sculptures in a rich gilded gold finish, depicting figural female mythical creature, winged serpent griffin

well and wide turned-down rim with chased Quattrocento grotesque ornament, including griffins and