Antique Torches

A baby Achilles is held by an ankle by his mother Thetis who holds a flaming torch, above a large urn representing the river Styx.

Venus is naked and carries in her right hand a flaming torch symbolizing love. We can recognize her son with his wings and his quiver.

It is represented here, bearing in its hands some iconographic attributes; wingless, as instead occurs in other depictions, proceeding towards a dark cave, he carries the bridle of a...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Schiele exhibited widely, helped to organize exhibitions and had earned such a following that upon the death of Gustav Klimt in February the year following Zeichnungen’s publication,...

Edgar Brandt: Edgar Brandt 1880-1960 Edgar Brandt: Edgar Brandt was a consummate artist-blacksmith who combined traditional forging methods with emerging technologies of the machine...

Applied oval wreaths (vacant) surrounded by garlands, torches, and crowns. Imbricated leaf rims. Gilt interior with compartments for wax, pens, and postage stamps; seal in detachable...

Mercury holds a herald’s staff in one hand and a torch in the other, and balances on one foot resting on a cone set in the mouth of Zephyrus, whose puffed-out cheeks testify to the b...

Trefoil bowl and open scrollwork and flowers. Terminal in form of torch-bearing, drapery clad youth kissing an angel emerging from a radiating leafing-scroll cloud.

The centre piece features symbols of everlasting love: the torch and cupid’s bow delicately created from ivory reflect that this piece may have originally been given as a wedding gift.

A solid bronze and brass knight sculpture candelabra later converted to electrified table lamp with large frosted glass torch flame shade. European wiring: One E14 light bulb socket.

The combination of the heavy and beautifully shaped oak beams and the hand forged, torch-like arms holding the lights is an absolute joy to look at.

The front part is in cassolette-shape topped by a torch and its adorned with typical Louis XVI style ornaments: rushes wand, egg-and-dart frieze, gadroons, pearl friezes.