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MAKER'S MARK A.ST IN RECTANGULAR FIELD; HEAD OF THE GODDESS DIANA, STATE MARK FOR THE YEARS 1867- 1922 WITH THE LETTER A (VIENNA) AND THE 3 SILVER MARK, VIENNA, PROBABLY LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A FINE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN SILVER CHANUKKAH LAMP
Maker's mark A.St in rectangular field; head of the goddess Diana, state mark for the years 1867- 1922 with the letter A (Vienna) and the 3 silver mark, Vienna, probably last quarter 19th Century
The arched open backplate in the form of a crowned canopy, embossed and chased with a scrolled foliage, a free-standing peacock in his pride applied in the centre, fronted by a detachable row of eight vase-shaped oil-burners, set on a bar, on a rectangular base with curved sides and five scrolled foliage supports, fitted with a matching vase-shaped servant-light on a foliate curved stem
29.3cm. high
marked on right and left lower side of bench, on the bar holding the oil containers, on one of the oil containers and marked on the lower side of the peacock's tail
674gr.
Maker's mark A.St in rectangular field; head of the goddess Diana, state mark for the years 1867- 1922 with the letter A (Vienna) and the 3 silver mark, Vienna, probably last quarter 19th Century
The arched open backplate in the form of a crowned canopy, embossed and chased with a scrolled foliage, a free-standing peacock in his pride applied in the centre, fronted by a detachable row of eight vase-shaped oil-burners, set on a bar, on a rectangular base with curved sides and five scrolled foliage supports, fitted with a matching vase-shaped servant-light on a foliate curved stem
29.3cm. high
marked on right and left lower side of bench, on the bar holding the oil containers, on one of the oil containers and marked on the lower side of the peacock's tail
674gr.
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