Silver-Plated and Parcel-Gilt Candelabra and Comport Suite

A spectacular set of three silver trophy cups in the George III style, one larger and a pair of smaller. Each has a removable lid with hand-chased acanthus leaf detail, a decoration which is also found round the bodies, and cast finial. The handles are realistically cast as sinuously entwined snakes, the heads of which are holding rings that appear to be supporting hand-chased drapes that hang round the body of each cup. The insides are gold-plated with a wonderful rich colour. This set is of the most tremendous quality with finely detailed decoration and substantial weight to each piece. Dimensions are given for the large silver trophy cup...

A spectacular pair of George III cast silver candlesticks made by Frederick Vonham in 1762 with the addition of a pair of 3-light a...

Superb quality, early 19th century, Old Sheffield Plate plateau with original mirror surface and resting on four, finely detailed scroll and shell patter...

Fine quality antique silver épergne centrepiece in a design reminiscent of silverware made around 1750. The stepped body has a cast apron panels...

Large and elegant contemporary hammered silver table centrepiece of oval form. The silver dish or shallow bowl is hand hammered around the edg...

This beautiful silver plateau, oval in form, has finely cast and hand-chased classical scenes running round the border, incorporating lions entwined wit...

Rare particularly original and refined candelabra with the cristal vase located in the middle in silvered bronze made at the end of the 19th by Christofle. This center table is desi...

Each with six curved candle branches, the reeded column raised on a foliate shell and griffin tripartite base and decorated with hanging chains. Bearing the marks for the year 1865. Literature: Elkington and Company, formed by the brothers George and Henry, was founded in the 1830s, after perfecting their newly patented method of electro plating in gold and silver, for which their first patent was granted in 1840. They exhibited at the European and British nineteenth century Great Exhibitions, and were given permission by Queen Victoria in 1868 to copy the collection of Royal Plate...

Pair of 19th century bronze gold-plated two-arm cherub figural candelabras. F. Linke Gilt bronze cherubs with two arm candelabras, mounted on white marble pedestal, circled by gilt ...

A pair of Austro-Hungarian Empire 66 cm high silver candelabras, 19th century. Beautifully decorated with grape leaf pattern with grapes on a raised ...

Magnificent Austrian succession sterling silver massive candelabrum pair of seven-light figural museum. Each candelabra features a Grecian style ma...

Silver 800 candelabra. The nine-light candelabra represents Hercules to fight the Hydra. Completely handmade in casting and chisel. By ARGENTERIE DI MILANO - Fiorentini à Milan - Italy Wooden base 17,800 grams of 800 silver This item was exhibited in Turin - Reggia di Venaria - for the exhibition "Hercules and his myth" Rooms of the Arts, The Lernaean Hydra or Hydra of Lerna (Greek: Lernaîa Hýdra), more often known simply as the Hydra, was a serpentine water monster in Greek and Roman mythology. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, which was also the site of the myth of the Danaids. Lerna was reputed to be an entrance to the Underworld[1] and archaeology has established it as a sacred site older than Mycenaean Argos. In the canonical Hydra myth, the monster is killed by Heracles, more often known as Hercules, using...