Silver 800 candelabra.
The nine-light candelabra represents Hercules to fight the Hydra.
Completely handmade in casting and chisel.
By ARGENTERIE DI MILANO - Fiorentini - 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...
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Italian Greco Roman Vintage 1970s Candle Holders