{"product_id":"coade-sphinx","title":"Coade Stone Sphinx","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Coade stone Sphinx.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStamped “Croggan late COADE 1823”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeight 32in (81.5cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWidth 16.5in (42cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLenght 42.5in (108cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecently cleaned and conserved by Coade, Wiltshire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSold at Sotherbys 14 November 1980, lot no 1100, then displayed in the grounds of  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBelcombe Court, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, thence by descent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEleanor Coade (1733-1821) never refered to her invention or products as Coade stone but as ‘Lithodipyra’, which means ‘twice-fired stone’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer cousin and long term business partner John Sealy died unmarried in 1813 (buried, with a Coade stone memorial, in St Mary’s Lambeth).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEleanor, who was then in her 80s, took on a cousin by marriage to be the overall manager of the works, William Croggan, and it was he who carried on the business after her death in 1821, moving the business to Belvedere Road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWilliam Croggan passed the business to his son, also William, who finally closed it in 1837. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Drew Pritchard Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55497596436865,"sku":"20498","price":18950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/2948\/files\/IMG_8077.jpg?v=1775658571","url":"https:\/\/www.drewpritchard.co.uk\/products\/coade-sphinx","provider":"Drew Pritchard Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}