LOT 566
check for more images below, if available
Lot 566
A VERY FINE PAIR OF AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS, 1ST HALF 19TH CENTURY. Depicting in fully sculpted form, the finely repoussed and chased neo-classic figures a young Hercules and Mercury, each holding a prunus branch terminating with an acanthus form candle socket rising from a bulbous plinth with spreading hexagonal foot repoussed with allegorical scenes representing love, health, beauty, agriculture and war below C-scroll brackets and winged facial masks. Stamped with partially indistinct marks for "Schemnitz"(Austria). Height 12.5 inches (32 cm), weight approximately 48.43 troy ounces.
Estimate:
$6,000 - 9,000
€ 4,500 - 6,700
All items are sold “AS IS” and there will be no returns based on condition. The items sold are often of considerable age and will exhibit wear, usage and damage often not listed in the catalog entry. The absence of condition remarks in the catalog entry DOES NOT mean the item is in perfect condition. Prospective buyers are in ALL CASES responsible for determining the physical condition of lots. No employee or agent of Jackson's International Auctioneers and Appraisers is authorized to make on our behalf or on that of the consignor any representation or warranty, oral or written, with respect to any property. Therefore, if a prospective bidder has not examined the property to their satisfaction before the sale, or his/her agent has not inspected the property, Jackson's recommends that they not bid on the property. All dimensions are approximate. The condition of frames is not guaranteed.