A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT DINING TABLE GARNITURE
MARK OF HANCOCKS & CO., LONDON, 1872-1884
Comprising a pair of five-light candelabra and a centerpiece, the candelabra on lobed base applied with strapwork and hounds' heads, the baluster stem with strapwork surmoutned by stags and does, the four scroll branches and central light with strapwork-clad sockets and gadrooned waxpans, with detachable nozzles, one base 1872, one base 1876, the nozzles 1883, marked on each base, applied strapwork, sockets, nozzles and waxpans; the centerpiece, 1884, with conforming base and baluster stem supporting two shell bowls with stag's head between, surmounted by a figure of Diana with her hounds and attendant, the base engraved with a crest, marked under base and shell, strapwork, textured ground, attendant and Diana's bow; each base also stamped HANCOCKS & CO.
The candelabra 24½ in. (61.3 cm.) high; the centerpiece 27 in. (67.5 cm.) high; 602 oz. (18,730 gr.) (3)
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT DINING TABLE GARNITURE
MARK OF HANCOCKS & CO., LONDON, 1872-1884
Comprising a pair of five-light candelabra and a centerpiece, the candelabra on lobed base applied with strapwork and hounds' heads, the baluster stem with strapwork surmoutned by stags and does, the four scroll branches and central light with strapwork-clad sockets and gadrooned waxpans, with detachable nozzles, one base 1872, one base 1876, the nozzles 1883, marked on each base, applied strapwork, sockets, nozzles and waxpans; the centerpiece, 1884, with conforming base and baluster stem supporting two shell bowls with stag's head between, surmounted by a figure of Diana with her hounds and attendant, the base engraved with a crest, marked under base and shell, strapwork, textured ground, attendant and Diana's bow; each base also stamped HANCOCKS & CO.
The candelabra 24½ in. (61.3 cm.) high; the centerpiece 27 in. (67.5 cm.) high; 602 oz. (18,730 gr.) (3)
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